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 28 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: A good supporting cast is necessary • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: It takes an interesting, fairly plausible story that is different from previous stories in which the star has appeared.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Comparison, even with oneself, is dangerous. It also takes good work from a good supporting cast.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Is Mae clever enough to understand this?
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: It is my opinion that the new story Mae West has written for herself will answer this and all such questions.
• • Mae West: A corking motion picture • • …
• • This will be concluded on the next post, which is part 29.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • Paul Novak [24 February 1923 — 14 July 1999] • •
• • Born Chester Rybinsky in Baltimore on 24 February 1923, Mae West's live-in lover was thirty years her junior. He entered physique contests as Chuck Krauser.
• • They met and became acquainted when Charles Krauser, George Eiferman, Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski, Dick DuBois, Dominic Juliano, Joe Gold, Armand Tanny, Gordon Mitchell, and Mickey Hargitay were among the star bodybuilders in West's chorus for all (or part) of the show's three-year run.
• • Chuck Krauser changed his name again, becoming Paul Novak, Mae's main man for the next 24 years. The Mae West Blog remembers him on his birthday, February 24.
• • On Saturday, 24 February 1912 at the Winter Garden • •
• • Ambitious, bold, and 18 years old, Mae West, unfortunately, got on the wrong side of Gaby Deslys by trying to upstage her. Uh-oh! The 30-year-old diva got the teenage upstart fired before opening night in Manhattan.
• • "Vera Violetta" opened on 20 November 1911 at the Winter Garden Theatre.
• • Offered in repertory with "Undine," the musical remained on Broadway through the Christmas holidays, closing on the last weekend in February on 24 February 1912.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "I'm an occidental woman in an Oriental mood for love," sings the curvaceous Queen of Innuendo, Mae West, sporting a bespangled pseudo-Chinese headdress in the 1936 film "Klondike Annie." The scene is classic West and pure Hollywood kitsch.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It's like this. The women don't razz me because I don't make 'em jealous. The only censorship directed at me comes from men because intelligent men resent my satire.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Jet Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Miss Louise Beavers is in Chicago for a Chez Paree engagement with Mae West. …
• • Source: Jet; published on Thursday, 24 February 1955
• • 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 • •
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• 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 4,937th 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.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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