Mae West: Twice as Many

Malcolm H. Oettinger profiled MAE WEST for Screenland. Since this interview has rarely been seen, let us enjoy it together. This is part 2 of 13.
• • “Going West” • •   
• • Mae West: Pumping up the attendance • •
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: She knows her public, which threatens to be universal, and she knows precisely how to feed it what it wants.
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: In New York she drew twice as many people to see her as Ed Wynn drew to see him, both appearing the same week at different theatres, in conjunction with a picture.  
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: In Brooklyn she drew exactly twice as many people as the radio star.  
• • Mae West: Smashed attendance records • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; published in the issue dated for June 1933.
• • On Monday, 26 April 1926 on Broadway • •

• • Written by "Jane Mast" and starring Mae West as Margy LaMont, "Sex" opened in April — — on Monday, 26 April 1926. The Broadway debut occurred a few blocks north of Columbus Circle at Daly’s 63rd Street Theatre, the only playhouse available at the time.
• • "Mae West played a Canadian woman," noted Playbill, "with no time for those Mounties."
• • The N.Y. Daily News sent a reviewer who wrote: "Most of the 'Sex' appeal falls to the talents of Mae West, a vaudeville actress who somewhat resembles Texas Guinan."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In one of the funniest scenes of all her films, Mae West as Peaches O’Day is being romanced by crooked police chief Lloyd Nolan. But to stave him off she throws a temper tantrum saying the wine he serves her is from "1895! This horrible, horrible vinegar! Don't you know I'm delicate!"
• • Mae West has able support from veterans Lloyd Nolan, Edmund Lowe, and Charles Winninger, among others. She also insisted on getting Louie Armstrong and his band to play a number.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I do things right because I follow what my astrologer says."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in The Orlando Sentinel mentioned Mae West.
• • "In Days Before Dolly, There Was Mae West" • •

• • ''I met her, Mae West, not Catherine the Great, very briefly'' • •
• • Allen Rose of The Sentinel Staff wrote: Mae West was a bit like Cher, too. Outspoken. Only more so. Sultry voice. Her image was that of a lady who liked men. A lot. As in by the dozen.
• • Allen Rose wrote: Her trademark line: "Come up and see me sometime, big boy." …
• • Source: Orlando Sentinel; published on Wednesday, 20 April 1988
• • 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 4,980th 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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