Mae West: “White” Ticket

Who was going to triumph in the end: Hearst or MAE WEST? The tug-of-war over “Klondike Annie” in 1936 became a national phenomenon.
• • "Annie" Passed the Local Censor Board with a “White” Ticket • •
• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: "Klondike Annie," the Mae West picture which has received such a deluge of publicity throughout the nation and which passed the local censor board with a "white" ticket after a special showing was given to break a tie vote, goes into the Chicago theatre this week for a two weeks' engagement.

• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: This motion picture first was set for the Roosevelt theatre. But after the violent editorial attack launched on the picture by the William Randolph Hearst newspapers locally it was booked for the Chicago instead.  
• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: Local theatre and exchange men feel that the results of business elsewhere on the picture, especially since the Hearst outburst, will warrant the two-week engagement.
• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: Jan Garber and his orchestra, local favorites, will provide the stage attraction.
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 21 March 1936.
• • On Wednesday, 11 March 1936 • •

• • The reviews of "Klondike Annie" starring Mae West — — as The Frisco Doll, Rose Carlton, Sister Annie Alden — — began appearing during the month of March.
• • In Manhattan, there was an exclusive engagement at the Paramount Theatre, 1501 Broadway, N.Y., for the week of 11 March 1936
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Paramount certainly hands Mae West the poor stories. No wonder the trade papers are saying she's all washed up.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don't be dumb when it comes to men."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Screenland Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Despite all the talk that has been floating around about Mae West's come-back definitely being in a modern story, insiders insist that Mae can never do a present day story because she needs those voluminous gay nineties skirts to hide the build-up system that makes her appear taller. …
• • Source: Screenland Magazine; published in the issue dated for May 1941
• • 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 • •
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