Mae West: Paramount’s Papers

It was the MAE WEST motion picture, “Belle of the Nineties” [1934] that helped Joe Breen consolidate his position as an administrator, according to the authors of “The Dame in the Kimono.” What a fascinating insider’s look. This is Part 3 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: Manny Cohen agreed to consider revisions to her script • •
• • Leff and Simmons wrote: Manny Cohen probably waved the Paramount receivership papers in Breen’s face, argued that the company needed the box office bucks, and (since the sessions could turn thunderous) damned Breen and the Code to hell.

• • Leff and Simmons wrote: Breen could insist that “Belle” — not he — posed the problem.
• • Leff and Simmons wrote: He could also wave papers in Cohen’s face, for one Rabbi Goldberg had recently “attacked Jewish movie producers who bring disgrace upon the Jewish people.”
• • Leff and Simmons wrote: Finally, Manny Cohen agreed to consider some cuts, then asked Breen to withhold a formal letter of rejection.
• • Mae West: How to outsmart and outwit the Code • •  …  
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: “The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code” by Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons [University Press of Kentucky, Paperback; 6 July 2001].
• • On Friday, 13 April 1934 in Film Weekly • •
• • It was on the issue dated for Friday, 13 April 1934 that Mae West appeared on the cover of Film Weekly (Vol. 11) in the United Kingdom.
• • On Friday, 13 April 1934 in The Hollywood Reporter • •
• • Headlines in The Hollywood Reporter read: "Mae West Orders Bullet-Proof Car."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • An interview with Mae West appeared in the men's magazine Club. The issue was dated April 1978 and the byline was Ellis Nassourin.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Hollywood reporter interviewed Mae West in April 1959.
• • "Mae West Still Ahead in Her Battle with Age" • •
• • Erskine Johnson wrote: Hollywood — Mae West is still saying, "Come up and see me sometime." But the traffic isn't as heavy as it once was. It has been a long time, you know. …
• • Source: Syndicated column rpt in Racine Journal Times Bulletin; published on Sunday, 12 April 1959
• • 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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