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 2 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: Dared to depict sex boldly • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Then what? Well, she is different.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: She is — at least, she was — something new on the screen.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: As I write this, Mae is beginning work on her third starring picture, "It Ain't No Sin," from her own story.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Her first starring picture, "She Done Him Wrong," was adapted from her hit play, "Diamond Lil" [Broadway, Royale Theatre, 1928].
• • Mae West: Had a ready-made audience • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Saturday, 19 January 1889 in the city of Brooklyn • •
• • It was Saturday, 19 January 1889, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, Battling Jack West and Tillie Delker took their wedding vows before a local minister with Jack's sister Julia West acting as maid of honor.
• • California biographer Emily Wortis Leider wrote: If they knew about it, Matilda's family almost certainly would have attempted to thwart her impetuous marriage at age eighteen to John "Battlin' Jack" West, a cigar-chomping, street-smart tough. The marriage certificate of Tillie Delker and John West, dated January 19, 1889, in the city of Brooklyn — — a separate city then, not yet a part of metropolitan New York — — lists the groom's age as twenty-two, his birthplace as New York City, and his occupation: "mechanic."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Directly under a striking color portrait of Mae West on the cover of the January 1934 issue of Screenland, the Smart Screen Magazine, the editors promised that you would find "Mae West's Personal Message to You!" on page 24.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: ''You've got to rock with the rock — — and roll with the roll.''
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine mentioned Mae West was gaining weight.
• • Mae West Item: Our spy at an exclusive Hollywood shoppe ("Spying done while you wait" is our motto) reports that Mae is growing and gaining weight.
• • When she first hit Hollywood, Mae West slipped into lingerie marked size 14. But now, it is our duty to report, she must have 18.
• • It is heartening to add, though, that Mae still does things with an elegant touch. She never stoops to the gauchery of selecting her lingerie in person — it's all purchased by the Spanish gentleman who is her social secretary. …
• • 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 4,912th 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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