MAE WEST’s plump, curvaceous body was a vital element in her comedy. Academics have emphasized that “excessive body is one of the qualities of female unruliness, suggesting that she is unwilling or unable to control her physical appetites.” Japanese film historian Mio Hatokai discusses how Hollywood publicists and fan zines responded to this “fatness” in 1933. This is Part 41 of a lengthy piece.
• • Laughing off the “Fatness” ― Mae West’s Body Image and Female Spectators in the Early 1930s • •
• • Mae West: Paramount films focused on her curvy figure • •
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Mae West’s starring screen debut, “She Done Him Wrong,” is a story set in New York City during the 1890s.
• • Mio Hatokai wrote: Mae West’s character, Lady Lou, is a brash saloon singer in the Bowery neighborhood. [In the 1928 play version, the lead female was called Diamond Lil.]
• • Mae West: Shady business in Gus Jordan’s Bowery saloon • • ...
• • Mio Hatokai’s lengthy article will continue on the next post.
• • Source: Academic anthology on film stars released by Waseda University, 2015.
• • On Friday, 15 December 1933 • •
• • The release date for "She Done Him Wrong" in France was on 15 December 1933. In that country, the film's title was "Lady Lou."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The Mae West robbery led to a court trial and this was covered by numerous newspapers. The Los Angeles Times newsmen recounted some of Mae's remarks.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Mae West always triumphs."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Yorker featured an article on Mae West.
• • “The Strong Woman: Mae West” • •
• • Claudia Roth Pierpont wrote: The film "Sextette” memorialized one of Mae West's most famous lines, "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" …
• • Source: The New Yorker; published on Sunday, 3 November 1996
• • 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 seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,887th 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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