Mae West: Dares the Camera

MAE WEST came to the attention of Tinseltown ninety years ago in 1932. Step into the Time Machine with me for a long, leisurely ride. This is Part 12.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Dares the camera to lust after her • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: While this remark has passed into legend, I’d say it is wholly inaccurate since the cameras are the first and most important thing that West claims as her own.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: She doesn’t so much make love to the camera as dare it to lust after her from afar. It’s a gambit that pays off in spades.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: From the first moment Mae West emerges from a throng of clamouring men, the lens practically fogs up.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: A star was born and condensation would soon line the sleeves of every cameraman who worked with her.
• • Mae West: Censors objected • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Thursday, 27 September 1934 • •
• • A review of "Belle of the Nineties" appeared in the Boston Herald on this date.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The much heralded "Belle of the Nineties," starring the screen's most famous siren, Mae West, is dated as per its title and the piece is appropriately attired and staged, representative of the gallant southland of the gay and naughty nineties. Duke Ellington's orchestra also appears in the picture.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I am opposed to nudity, crudity and vulgarity in all forms. I provide healthy entertainment to the movies because I have never taken sex seriously. I 'kidded' it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on football mentioned Mae West.
• • "SEC football success punted Mae West Week festivities 09/27/98" • •
• • The Times-Union wrote: Who in Fairfield Stadium that long-ago October afternoon could have imagined the social, economic, cultural and, yea, spiritual, force that the SEC would become? Remember, this was a town whose next big deal was Mae West Week. ...
• • Source: The Times-Union; published on Sunday, 27 September 1998
• • 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 5,090th 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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