MAE WEST spent the summer of 1931 in rehearsals with her upcoming large scale play “The Constant Sinner.” Set in Harlem, the drama opened on Monday, 14 September 1931 and ran for 64 performances on Broadway.
• • Donald Kirke played the role of Harry in “The Constant Sinner.”
• • Burns Mantle wrote in The N.Y. Daily News: Although there are many colored actors in “The Constant Sinner,” George Givot, white, plays the policy king. Arthur R. Vinton is authentic as a fight manager, and Donald Kirke, Walter Glass, and Walter Petrie help things along.
• • Donald Kirke [17 May 1901 ― 18 May 1971] • •
• • Kirke was cast in several roles in Broadway dramas and comedies from 1928 —1931 such as “Gang War” [20 August, 1928 — Oct 1928] produced at Morosco Theatre; “Remote Control” [Sep 10, 1929 — Nov 1929], “The Old Rascal” [March 24, 1930 — May 1930], “A Woman Denied” [Feb 25, 1931 — March 1931] ― ― followed by “The Constant Sinner.”
• • By 1932, Kirke was on the West Coast auditioning in Hollywood.
• • On the silver screen, Kirke was notable for “Women Won't Tell” (1932), where he worked with Dewey Robinson, so memorable in the Mae West starrer “She Done Him Wrong” (1933).
• • In the mystery film “The Shadow” (1937), Kirke was cast along with Marjorie Main, who played Mae West’s mother in the short-lived drama “The Wicked Age” (1927) on Broadway; Mae West wrote the play and starred as Babe Carson, a pageant princess.
• • In “Paradise Express” (1937), Kirke played the head of the Armstrong Trucking Company, who will lock horns with the film’s leading man, Grant Withers, a railroad owner. More often seen on a Western saddle, Grant Withers [1905 —1959] played a cowboy in Mae West starrer “Goin' To Town” (1935).
• • Kirke died on Tuesday, 18 May 1971 in Los Angeles County, California. He was 70 years old.
• • On Wednesday, 30 June 1937 • •
• • "Mae West Comes East to Singapore" • •
• • "Bright Dialogue at The Pavilion" • •
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In case you don't savvy the argot of the criminal underground, the "finger man" of a mob is the fellow who points out the victim and the location to nab him.
• • Mae West, Betty Compson, and one of the many Marxes [Marx Brothers] are only a few of those who are reputed to have had the "finger" put on them at various times.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The time to worry is when they stop talking about you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Morning Bulletin mentioned Mae West.
• • "It Ain't No Sin" — Mae West Film Banned in New York! • •
• • Hollywood, June 25th — On the eve of its release, Mae West's new film, 'It Ain't No Sin,' has been banned in New York State. Officials of the Paramount Company state that this film will be recalled and considerably altered before it is released. ...
• • Source: Morning Bulletin; published on Thursday, 28 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 5,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,027th 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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