MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 7 of 12 segments.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •
• • Mae West: Would Hollywood clean up their “filth”? • •
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: Religious leaders, women’s groups, and censorship boards were all threatening Hollywood if they didn’t respond to demands they ‘clean up’ this filth.
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: With ‘Belle of the Nineties’ (1934) Mae West co-wrote the script, sang along with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra (initially an issue with Paramount but Mae West got her way) in a plot that is bolstered by jewel thieves, murder and a rigged boxing match.
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: Directed by the great Leo McCarey (his future films: ‘The Awful Truth’ and Oscar-winning ‘Going My Way’ for Best Picture, Best Director and 5 more). Both films have Samm Deighan’s audio commentary.
• • Mae West: Wrote naughty dialogue on purpose • • ...
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Sunday, 13 August 1961 • •
• • "Come On Up" was having a revival in the summer of 1961.
• • After touring the Midwest, "Come On Up" was staged in August in Miami's Cocoanut Grove Playhouse (air-conditioned, we hope). "When the final curtain rang down, not a single customer made a rush to the exit. Everybody sat glued to his seat and Mae West took repeated curtain calls, from about the most enthusiastic audience I have ever seen in this theatre," gushed a critic for the Miami Beach Sun. Ticket-holders commented on "the fabulous appearance of Mae West," who was putting her energy into "Come On Up" when she was 68 years old and in full command of the crowd.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • This is George Raft's first big role and he lives up to expectations as the proprietor of a swanky New York speakeasy. Constance Cummings, Mae West, and Alison Skipworth all turn in good jobs, too. Good — but a dull picture for children.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Every Broadway actress has her own line. I figured I'll give 'em something different."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the current box office profits mentioned Mae West.
• • The day before Mae West was expected back from the East, a large group of theater owners in Southern California called at Paramount studio and demanded the pleasure of meeting the train and giving Mae a rousing welcome.
• • ". . . We want to show our appreciation to Miss West for the marvelous picture she has given us to show in our theaters . . . it's the first one in a long time that has made our friends stand in line at our box-offices!" ...
• • Source: Modern Screen; dated for May 1933
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 17th anniversary • •
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• Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during
these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors.
And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts.
Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,799th blog
post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a
newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the
mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and
career of Mae West, herself an American original.
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