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 11 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: In Working Harness • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: The screen is something else again. And Mae is very nervous about herself and her work.
• • Mae is giving her cast scant opportunities • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: It may be that Mae West is a clever woman. But is she clever enough to stop writing her own stories and giving her cast scant opportunities?
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: On the set, when she isn't before the camera, she sits in her chair, tapping one foot on the floor and humming to herself.
• • Mae West: "I've been thinking." • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Thursday, 1 February 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Sets Style" • •
• • Mae West, the Broadway star, who made a picture called "She Done Him Wrong," is claimed to have caused a change in feminine fashions. Miss West is a well set up, curved blonde. Before she achieved success in her first starring picture, women had to be slim, or they were out of fashion.
• • But Mae West has changed that. They were becoming slimmer and slimmer. They were then turning to bobs and Eton crops, the shingle, and the bingle.
• • The picture that caused the change in style, "She Done Him Wrong," will be shown at the Tivoli Theatre on 9 February 1934. Patrons may then judge for themselves the value of a well curved figure, as against the thin and svelte types who have ruled fashion so long.
• • Source: The Courier-Mail (Australia); published on Thursday, 1 February 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West in "Goin' to Town" starts a third week at the New York Paramount tomorrow. This marks the fourth time a Mae West film has played three or more weeks at the Paramount. "She Done Him Wrong," Miss West's first starring picture, played three weeks. "I'm No Angel" played four weeks and "Belle of the 90's" three weeks.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I don't get excited over the stock market, contract bridge — — I can't sit still long enough to play cards — — fan dancing or bust developers.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine reviewed a Mae West starrer.
• • “Go West, Young Man” (Paramount) starring Mae West • •
• • Modern Screen wrote: In this film you are treated to the spectacle of Mae West burlesquing, of all people, Mae West.
• • Modern Screen wrote: In its original stage production, "Go West, Young Man" was "Personal Appearance" and its star, Gladys George, portrayed a high-salaried movie queen on [yes] a personal appearance tour. …
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for February 1937
• • 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 4,921st 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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