Mae West: Clever Enough

In 1934, Picture Play, piqued by a New York newcomer’s meteoric rise, pondered this: “Is MAE WEST a Fizzle? A bold discussion of an important question!” This is Part 6 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: Distinctive Cameo Role • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: No woman could have given such a distinctive performance in a small part as Mae did in "Night After Night," without being clever.     

• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: But is Mae clever enough to know where cleverness ends and discretion begins?
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: She has astounding faith in her own faith in herself.     
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: This was demonstrated by an incident that has come to my attention.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Among the thousands of letters Mae receives from admirers, one came from a woman who asked the star how she could hold her husband.
• • Mae West: A moral to the story • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Sunday, 25 January 1948 • •
• • On Sunday, 25 January 1948, The New York Times's London correspondent noted: "The audience displayed little interest in the comedy melodrama of the nineties but it warmed to Miss West. ..."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hot news from Boston. Six hundred people refused to vacate the Egyptian Theater during a fire, because Mae West was on the screen.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Homely men make good husbands. They usually have more sex appeal."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Look at the names which twinkle in electric lights above the theatres. Fred Astaire, Ginger  Rogers,  W. C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Claudette Colbert, Jean Harlow, Mae West, Myrna Loy, Janet Gaynor, Grace Moore, William Powell. And a dozen others. Not one of them is listed on the alumni records of any university. …
• • Source: Modern Screen; published on Friday, 18 September 1936
• • 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 4,916th 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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