Mae West: Supporting Cast

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: Mae wants to dominate each scene • •

• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Ruth Chatterton seldom gave any of the supporting players in her pictures a chance to act. An audience saw more of the back of their heads and their profiles than their full face.  
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Add to this the fact that Ruth Chatterton's stories were pretty spineless affairs and it is obvious why people wearied of her films.
• • Note: After a series of women's pictures / melodramas, Ruth Chatterton [1892―1961] left Paramount Studios, where she had reigned as top female star, for Warner Brothers.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Mae West has the same tendency, insofar as her supporting cast is concerned.
• • Mae West: How many close-ups of the star ruin a scene • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Saturday, 18 February 1933 in The New Yorker • •
• • An article about Mae West and her new film "She Done Him Wrong" was printed in The New Yorker in their issue dated for Saturday, 18 February 1933.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Hollywood Biltmore Seeks Lil Date" was the headline; the piece appeared in February 1951. The popular show starring Mae West was, at that time, onstage in The Lone Star State.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It was a natural style I had. My writings always went back to sex. Even my humor. I started to be more humorous when I got into pictures."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Financial Times mentioned Mae West.
• • “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” • •
• • Reader Howard Matson of Westport, CT wrote: At the 1957 Academy Awards, the audience was treated to a rendition by the legendary Mae West and the relative cinema newcomer, Rock Hudson. The lyrics had been modified for Hollywood sensibilities. But Hudson added that bit of raunch when offering Mae West a cigarette “king-sized.” Those pros knew their audience. …
• • Source: The Financial Times; published on Friday, 7 January 2022
• • 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 4,933rd 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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