Mae West: Crackdown on Morals

MAE WEST had her share of coverage from Variety, whose publisher Sime Silverman was invariably scornful, condescending, and critical. In 2021, Variety’s editorial viewpoint turned tail, deciding they’d come this time “not to bury Caesar but to praise him.” The task fell to Tim Gray, who had this to say. This is Part 6 of 10 segments.
• • Mae West: The Sex-Positive Old Hollywood Icon Who Was Far Ahead of Her Time • •
• • Mae West: Hollywood began cracking down on morals • •  
• • Tim Gray wrote: But as Hollywood began cracking down on morals, with the introduction of the Hays Code, her scripts were increasingly cut and the studio insisted she needed to add moralizing lines about the dangers of wicked living.
• • Tim Gray wrote: Tired of battling the censors, she stopped making films in 1943, moving to stage and nightclubs and smartly investing in Los Angeles real estate.

• • Tim Gray wrote: Among her purchases: the Ravenswood Apartments on Rossmore Avenue in Hancock Park, south of Hollywood, which she bought [sic] when her boyfriend William Jones, who was a Black boxer, was forbidden by the then-owners from entering the building.
• • Note: False. Mae West never owned the building. In fact, we'll print an article soon on how the landlord tried to evict Mae because she owned a dog and pets were against the rules at The Ravenswood.
• • Mae West: TV appearance then a comeback to the screen • •  …  
• • Tim Gray’s article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Variety; published on Tuesday, 17 August 2021.
• • On Monday, 20 September  2010 • •
• • Performing Arts: Mae West Reborn • •
• • In this refreshing production, Mae West herself returns from the beyond to salvage an impersonator’s act and her own legacy.
• • Written by local playwright Kathryn O’Sullivan and directed by Paul Awad, “Mae” will be playing onstage at Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab through October 2.
• • Source: Washington Life; posted on Monday, 20 September 2010.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Brave women have carved this trail of emancipation from ageism for my generation — — for instance, Mae West did her best in the USA nearly a century ago.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If I can’t have my own way, if I’m crossed, something happens inside me. Why, I simply get sick. Sick to my stomach, that’s all.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Cape Cod newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • Tennessee Williams fest explores Is censorship ever appropriate? • •
• • Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll wrote: The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival is on for its 16th season, running Sept. 23-26, 2021 and following the same theme as its smaller, distanced event last year: “Tennessee Williams and Censorship.”
• • Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll wrote: The event will include four Williams plays; the “Longing Lasts Longer” rock manifesto by Penny Arcade (with a connected interactive workshop); a “Sex” play from 1926 that got Mae West thrown in jail; and a satire in which women from the Mayflower re-create a witch story from 1616. Featured artists will be from the Cape, but also from Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Illinois.
• • For festival or day passes or info: T. 866-789-8366.  …
• • Source: Cape Cod Times; posted on Friday, 6 August 2021
• • 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 4,825th 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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