Mae West: Hollywood Blushed

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 3 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: The only reason that a speakeasy film was re-booked • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West had only a "bit" in that picture, but it was her name that went up in electric lights.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West was the reason "Night After Night" was re-booked in 5,000 motion-picture theaters.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She started an era — the Mae West era.

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She brought a rowdy spirit to the films, which made Hollywood blush.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: But this boisterous, rowdy quality made Mae West the sensation, not only of the United States of America, but she became the toast of Europe, too.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: In fact, Mae took Paris, France by storm — fastidious, critical Paris, the rendezvous of the elegant, the suave, la politesse.  
• • Mae West: Boisterous philosophy • •  ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Sunday, 19 May 1935 • •
• • Coverage of Frank Wallace's claims, that he was married to movie queen Mae West, appeared in The L.A. Times on 19 May 1935 along with Mae's firm denials and scoffing.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Miss Mae West, publicised as the "girl with the 50,000 dollars treasure chest," now holds a policy for that amount from Lloyds of London.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've been things and seen places."  
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • New Movie Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • There was a unique reunion at the opening of Mae West's newest opus, "I'm No Angel," at Grauman's Chinese.  
• • Cary Grant, Mae's leading man, made a personal appearance with other members of the cast.  
• • On the prologue bill was a troupe of stilt walkers and it was immediately Old Home Week.  
• • Cary Grant ran away from home to join a circus when he was a kid and became a stilt walker, and this was his old gang. …
• • Source: New Movie Magazine; published in the issue dated for June 1934
• • 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 4,997th 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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