Mae West: Is Temperamental

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 19 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: Ruggles explained scenes would not match if a hairstyle alters  • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Wesley Ruggles explained why it wouldn't do. Her hair in that style wouldn't match up with the scenes already taken.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Mae tapped her foot on the floor restlessly and hummed.  
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Finally, she nodded. Very well, she could see why she should keep her hair as it was. And she did.  
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: It is this sort of thing that makes la West a "mentally temperamental" person.
• • Mae West: "She is an interesting person"  • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • John Edwin West, Jr. [11 February 1900 — 12 October 1964] • •

• • Born in February — on Sunday, 11 February 1900 — in Brooklyn, John Edwin West died on Monday, 12 October 1964. He was 64.
• • Mae West made arrangements for the body of her beloved kid brother to be sent back to Brooklyn to the family crypt.
• • Two weeks later, Mae — — who hated to think about death — — made a Will.
• • On Friday, 11 February 1977 in Bookviews • •
• • Mae West said: "Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you." Mae's comment was quoted in Bookviews, on Friday, 11 February 1977.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mr. Emmanuel Cohen, the producer, was elated yesterday over returns being relayed to him from the Paramount box-office. The Mae West picture, he was told at 3:00 P. M., was $4 ahead of "The Big Broadcast of 1936" for the same opening day time.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "So this is the place where a leaf falls up in some canyon and they tell you it's winter."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine reviewed a Mae West starrer.
• • “Go West, Young  Man” (Paramount) starring Mae West • •
• • Modern Screen wrote: This marks the first time any of the present cast has played in a talking picture with Miss Mae West and no complaints were heard.  
• • Modern Screen wrote: There wasn't even in-law trouble with Peter Baikoff, who is Mae’s sister Beverly's Russian husband, who plays a minor role. ...  
• • 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 4,929th 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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