Mae West: Hitman Hays

Shocking and controversial in its time, a play by MAE WEST continues to be revived for open-minded audiences. This recent production was on the boards in Cape Cod. This is Part 4 of 9 segments.
• • Theatre Review:  Doing the Time Warp in Mae West’s Play “The Drag” • •
• • Howard Karren wrote: But it failed for The Drag, which was shut down by authorities in out-of-town tryouts in 1927 and never made it to Broadway.
• • Howard Karren wrote: The 1935 Hays Code in Hollywood eventually did squelch her screen voice.

• • Howard Karren wrote: And in the 1940s, she returned to live concerts and theater.
• • Howard Karren wrote: She died in 1980, at age 87, having directed herself in the film “Sextette” only a few years earlier.
• • Howard Karren wrote: During the Jazz Age, West was friendly with gay men and lesbians, and sympathetic to their lives as pariahs.
• • “The Drag” by Mae West (continued) • • … 
• • Source: The Provincetown Independent; published on Wednesday, 25 May 2022.
• • On Saturday, 7 July 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Rouses Ire of Victorian Women” • •
• • "It Ain't No Sin," Mae West's latest picture, is due to arrive in Australia soon. Mr. Kelly thinks that after its ban by the New York Board of Regents the film will be entirely re-made at Hollywood. …
• • Source: The Australian Women's Weekly (on page 4), issue dated for Saturday, 7 July 1934.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for eighteen years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The three movie sets that an outside photographer positively can't enter in Hollywood are those of Mae West, Shirley Temple, and Greta Garbo.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If I was a drinking girl, you might figure I had up and married this guy in an off moment and forgotten about it. But I don't drink."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An autobiography mentioned Mae West.
• • “John Gielgud [1904 ― 2000] told us this story about Mae West," wrote Isherwood in his memoir.
• • Mae West was once asked, ‘Do you ever smoke after you’ve had sex?’
• • She answered, ‘I never looked.'  …
• • Source: Christopher Isherwood, Liberation: Diaries: 1970 ― 1983 [US:‎ Harper Perennial, 3 December 2013]
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen 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 eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,032nd 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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