Search Motion Picture Herald and MAE WEST’s name appears numerous times during the 1930s. But some of the most intriguing published comments are from movie-house owners, commenting on the film and their audience’s reaction.
• • “Klondike Annie” ― Mae West, Victor McLaglen • •
• • According to Frank Aydelotte, who ran the Kiowa Theatre, Mae West’s controversial film was a true winner during its Oklahoma run in March 1936.
• • Frank Aydelotte wrote: It's no worse than any other she's made. Business above average with a real Oklahoma sandstorm at its worst. Don't make the mistake of trying to sell this one as being "hot" 'cause you might have some to be disappointed.
• • Running time, 79 minutes. Played March 22-24. Frank Aydelotte, Kiowa Theatre, Hobart, Okla.
• • Small town and rural patronage.
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 11 April 1936.
• • On Wednesday, 10 March 1926 • •
• • A news item noted that a new play by "Jane Mast" (Mae West) called "Sex" was coming to Broadway. This announcement ran in Variety's issue dated for Wednesday, 10 March 1926.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • At the moment Mae West and Jim Timony, her manager, are busy on the next motion picture, in which Mae will play the role of the owner of a drinking house in New Orleans ― when that city was known for its drinking houses.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm much too busy to worry about the censor boards. ... If they don’t like me, well, that’s their business. In 'I'm No Angel' only one line was deleted by the censors, and that’s my business."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • "Klondike Annie" ― Mae West, Victor McLaglen • •
• • According to movie-house manager Frank Larned, who oversaw the Paramount and Jewel theatres in Kansas, it is one of Mae West's best pictures, but the worst Sunday business in many weeks and, though West has never been the draw that Paramount leads you to believe, I feel sure the adverse advertising this picture has received from Hearst newspapers did a lot to hurt business. Yet the picture itself is quite clean and even a couple of Kansas ministers commented on it.
• • According to movie-house manager Frank Larned, extra advertising did not help business.
• • Played April 5-6.— Ralph Larned, Paramount and Jewel Theatres, LaCrosse and Bazine, Kansas.
• • General patronage. …
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 25 April 1936
• • 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 4,900 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,947th 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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