Mae West: Ruth Chatterton

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 23 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: The fall of Ruth Chatterton • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Movie fans will remember that Ruth Chatterton had an $8,000-a-week contract with Warner Brothers that permitted her to select her own stories.  
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Ruth Chatterton is no longer with Warner Bros, nor is she the star she was.  
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: She has to make a comeback before she regains her lost prestige.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: There is a degree of similarity I observe between Ruth Chatterton and Mae West.  

• • Mae West: Dominates each scene • • ...
• • Ruth Chatterton [1892―1961] was a film actress during the 1930s, who then returned to the stage.
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Saturday, 17 February 1934 • •
• • A.M. Botsford, after reviewing the script for "It Ain't No Sin" and songs such as "Creole Man" — — about smoking marijuana with a Creole man and stroking his "warm, high brown skin" — — dashed off a letter to Joe Breen on Saturday, 17 February 1934. Botsford warned Joe about "many lines which are censorably dangerous."
• • You wonder if Mae really thought she could include a song like that in a 1934 picture.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Enshrining relics of film stars reached a new high when a Brooklyn restaurant put on exhibition the high chair Mae West used to sit in.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I never minded losing my mother's exclusive attention. I had already been concentrating on myself, developing my own personality, and becoming more and more interested in the stage.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Movie Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Herb Howe wrote: Warners haven't done right by our Joan Blondell.
• • Herb Howe wrote: Joan could rate with Mae West and Jean Harlow as one of the three star comediennes. I foresee the boys doing better by Joan Blondell the coming year.  ...
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for January 1935
• • 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 4,932nd 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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