Mae West: Suffer the Fate

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 4 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: Is an original • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Is Mae West just a flash in the pan?
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Or is Mae West really a legitimate actress?
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: If "It Ain't No Sin" isn't far superior to her last effort, I, for one, believe Mae will suffer the fate that many before her have suffered.     

• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Mae West will find herself close to the funereal ranks of the ex-stars.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: I agree with anyone who claims Mae West is an original.   
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: However, I consider her originality to be "type originality."
• • Mae West: Audacious, unconventional • • …    
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Friday, 21 January 1949 • •
• • On Friday, 21 January 1949 United Press syndicated an update on the health of Mae West.
• • “Mae West Recovers” • •
• • Baltimore, Jan. 20 [U.P.] — Mae West returned to New York today, ready to open in her new play "Diamond Lil" early next month. Doctors said the actress has fully recovered from her abdominal pains which sent her to the hospital here last Saturday.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood — — Mae West added to her millions by unloading a hunk of real estate in Hollywood.  The Palladium, a new $500,000 version of the same-named landmark ballroom on Sunset Boulevard, will be built there.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Australia discussed Mae West.
• • "Action Against Mae West" • •
• • Los Angeles, Thursday — Mae West, the film actress, and Paramount Pictures have been sued for 1,000,000 dollars (£A200,000) by Mr. Mark Linder, an author, who has charged them with fraud in connection with the story of the film "She Done Him Wrong," which, he alleges, was written by him.

• • Mr. Linder claims that he was induced to sell his interest in the story for 25,000 dollars (£A5,000), while Paramount Pictures made 4,000,000 dollars (£A800,000) and Miss West 330,000 dollars (£A67,800). ...
• • Note: Approximately 15 minutes of the 1928 racy 3-hour stage play about sex trafficking, white slavery, prostitution, and low-life criminals in Chinatown — "Diamond Lil" — were salvaged and then massaged by John Bright into the highly sanitized motion picture version of 66 minutes that movie-goers saw in 1933 on the silver screen. Fifteen minutes — tops.
• • Note: This hand-kissing scene was saved. Jack LaRue played a South American pimp.
• • Source: The Argus (Melbourne); published on Friday, 21 January 1938
• • 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 4,914th 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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