Mae West: Hair Experiment

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 18 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: Hair style concerns • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Ruggles viewed her critically and he answered she looked OK.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Mae was satisfied. Work began. She did four scenes or more.

• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Then, while waiting for the cameras to be set up for another shot, she began to experiment with her hair.  
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: She brushed it back and off one ear and the effect pleased her.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: She told Ruggles she meant to wear her hair like that in the next shot.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: This, however, would not do.
• • Mae West: Ruggles explained her scenes would not match if a hairstyle alters • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Monday, 10 February 1936 in Hollywood • •
• • Joseph Breen wrote to Paramount Pictures about Mae West and "Klondike Annie" several times before he agreed on Monday, 10 February 1936 to the film's release.
• • On Tuesday, 10 February 2009 • •
• • A book about Mae West "She Always Knew How: Mae West, A Personal Biography" by Charlotte Chandler was published in its hardcover edition (336 pages) by Simon and Schuster on Tuesday, 10 February 2009.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Despite the robust box office sales for "My Little Chickadee," and the advance word that predicted a sure-fire box office hit, the Hollywood Reporter held to their narrow opinion that "the story doesn't amount to much" and printed their sniggling sarcasm about the gags being “thin.”
• • The trade papers did emphasize that the considerable loyalty of Mae West's followers and the strong W.C. Fields' fan-base would create a demand at the movie houses.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Everyone wants to be Mae West. Why shouldn't I?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine discussed an upcoming interview with Mae West.
• • In next month's Picture Play one of the shrewdest and best informed writers we know, Dorothy Herzog, the novelist, will discuss Mae West from every angle, including that of her future. She will describe Miss West on the set, what pleases her, what irks her, wherein she has genius, and in what particulars she is lacking [sic].
• • It is the best article [sic] ever written about her and we are proud to present it to our readers. …
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for April 1934
• • 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 4,928th 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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