Mae West: Tira as Huntress

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Bjork. This is Part 4 of his lengthy review.
• • "I'm No Angel" (Blu-ray Review) • •
• • Mae West: Tira as a huntress • •
• • Stephen Bjork wrote: Yet she’s no mercenary, but rather someone who simply uses men as a means to an end; when she realizes that one particular man can offer her something beside money and jewels, she pursues a different kind of fulfillment with equal certitude.
• • Stephen Bjork wrote: Significantly, there’s never even a hint of a patriarchal conception of marriage in "I’m No Angel" — Tira is not a woman to be conquered by a strong man.

• • Mae West: Hunter as well as conqueror • •
• • Stephen Bjork wrote: But rather she’s both hunter and conqueror of the dapper Jack.
• • Stephen Bjork wrote: She marries on her own terms, not those that society imposes on her.
• • Stephen Bjork wrote: "I’m No Angel" is also one of West’s most quotable films, with famous lines such as “Beulah, peel me a grape.”
• • Mae West: A most quotable film • • …
• • Stephen Bjork’s article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 30 July  2021.  
• • On Monday, 27 August 1934 • •
• • Film Daily wrote: About $15,000 in presents was passed around by Mae West to those who helped in the retakes of her new Paramount picture, "Belle of the Nineties."
• • Source: Article: "Mae West Plays Santa Claus'' written by the West Coast Bureau of The Film Daily, Hollywood, for Film Daily; published on 27 August 1934.
• • The L.A. Times printed a similar item on Monday, 27 August 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In 1940, Ben Oakland wrote "Willie of the Valley" with Milton Drake [1916 — 2006] for the film "My Little Chickadee" and this had a double distinction of being the only number in the movie — — and it was sung by Mae West herself.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not making a comeback. I never went away!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • The Bunyip mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West's Business Approach" • •
• • Denis Duperly, a film correspondent, wrote: You know, the unfunniest people to interview are comedians — they take themselves so seriously! But I remember asking Mae West the secret of making sex a success without being offensive.
• • Denis Duperly wrote: And she said, “Well, I'm not really a hotsy-totsy dame — I'm a serious business woman. A lot of women make dough by exposing their torso. But I make more by doing nothing of the sort. I just keep 'em guessing.”
• • Featured in 'The Gleaner,'  a BBC programme . . .
• • Source: The Bunyip; published on Friday, 11 May 1951
• • 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 • • 
• • 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 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,809th 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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