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 13 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: She’s a "mentally temperamental" person • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Mae isn't temperamental in the boisterous sense of the word.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Given a logical reason that disputes any of her ideas, she'll usually agree with it and toss her own ideas away for the time being.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: On a Hollywood motion picture set, Mae West is constantly probing and turning things over, worrying and groping for satisfactory answers, continually discussing such thoughts or such fragments of thoughts with those around her.
• • Mae West: She is superstitious, too • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Monday, 3 February 1930 in The Daily Mirror • •
• • On Monday, 3 February 1930 New York City's "picture newspaper" The Daily Mirror explained to the hometown fans of Mae West how her mother's recent death affected the actress behind the scenes. Perhaps one backstage snitch conveyed the details when Mae "collapsed in her dressing room at the Shubert Riviera Theatre" [sic] also noting that the Broadway star "had to be carried to her home by members of the company."
• • On Saturday, 3 February 1934 in The Daily News • •
• • On 3 February 1934, after the jurors deliberated for three days, Edward Friedman was pronounced guilty for robbing Mae West of cash and jewelry.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • United Press newsman Henry Sutherland noted: Mae West, who says she writes but really dictates, does her composing in between the violet silk sheets of her enormous, and elaborately decorated white bed.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• •There must have been a good reason why Paramount Productions published a "Klondike Annie: censorship dialogue script" on Monday, 3 February 1936. This script was 146 pages long.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I like my men to be men.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine reviewed a Mae West starrer.
• • “Go West, Young Man” (Paramount) starring Mae West • •
• • Modern Screen wrote: Those who haven't seen "Personal Appearance” (with stage actress Gladys George) will witness a typical Mae West portrayal as she struts and swaggers her way through the role of the temperamental film darling.
• • Modern Screen wrote: Forced to spend a night in a rural boarding house in Pennsylvania during a cross-country tour, she practises her well-exploited charms on Randolph Scott, a handsome filling-station attendant. …
• • 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 4,923rd 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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