Mae West: Lusty, Rowdy

Malcolm H. Oettinger profiled MAE WEST for Screenland. Since this interview has rarely been seen, let us enjoy it together. This is part 11 of 13.
• • “Going West” • •   
• • Mae West: Her films promise to be lusty, forthright, rowdy • •
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: While there will unquestionably be those who will look askance upon Mae West's advent into pictures as a minor blight, it is my belief that she will have a salutary effect upon films overdosed with the eternal sweetness and light dispensed by the Gaynors, the Novarros, and the Hardings.

• • Mae West wrecked box office records • •
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: The Mae West cycle of films promise to be lusty, forthright, rowdy productions aimed at the risibilities, and if "She Done Him Wrong" is any criterion, destined to wreck box-office records as they have rarely been wrecked heretofore.
• • Mae West: RKO's princely bid of $100,000 for a script • • … 
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; published in the issue dated for June 1933.
• • On Sunday, 9 May 1937 in The L.A. Times • •
• • Usually supportive of Mae, Sidney Skolsky vented his frustrations in The L.A. Times on Sunday, 9 May 1937. Skolsky wrote about the perfidiousness of Mae's denials when "she insisted that she was leveling with the press when she told them she had never been married to Frank Wallace." He said he did not trust her any longer. Ah, those pesky retractions.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Hollywood studio executives figured that, because of those ultra-sexy things she did on the stage, Will Hays would frown upon Mae West on the silver screen.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It takes two to get one in trouble."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Variety mentioned Mae West.
• • Berlin’s Mae West, Rosalind Russell, and Carole Lombard Retrospective Delivers Sparkling Pics for Unsparkling Times • •
• • Jessica Kiang wrote: To lose ourselves in a world of winks and wisecracks from quick-witted showgirls, ditzy heiresses, and fast-talking career women may seem like a borderline irresponsible choice in These Troubled Times. …
• • Source: Variety; posted on Thursday, 10 February 2022
• • 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 4,989th 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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