Mae West: A Hot Time

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 14.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: “Diamond” was banned from the suggested titles • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Titles that included the word ‘Diamond’ were also banned in order to play down the film’s links with the 1928 play written by Mae West.
• • “Mae West gives a ‘Hot Time’ to the Nation” • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Still, the film’s poster promised “Mae West gives a ‘Hot Time’ to the Nation” and West’s reputation in the entertainment industry was already sufficient that audiences knew exactly what to expect.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Ultimately, the enormous success of “She Done Him Wrong” saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy [sic] and the 66-minute film found itself nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, securing its place as Mae West’s most famous film to this day.
• • Mae West: Which is her best film? • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 29 September 1914 • •
• • The newspaper the Philadelphia North American reviewed the more prominent variety artists who were performing onstage in the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday, 29 September 1914. The arts critic thought well of Mae, who was then calling herself "The Original Brinkley Girl." When he referred to her stage act, he called her a "nut comedienne."
• • On Friday, 29 September 1933 • •
• • It was on Friday, 29 September 1933 that Mae West signed the Release Dialogue Script form for her very successful motion picture project "I'm No Angel" for Paramount Pictures. Mae West was paid for the film's treatment, story, and screenplay.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is negotiating for a comedy cartoon series, "Pretty Mae," which would feature her voice behind a cartoon caricature of herself. Her only previous TV appearances have been the 1958 Oscar telecast in Hollywood and a "Red Skelton Hour" three years ago.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have to go to the safe deposit box and get the stuff out, and that's a lot of trouble."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Daily Mail in London mentioned Mae West.
• • Roger Lewis wrote: Mae West did her best to get around the bans with innuendo: ‘Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired.’  ...
• • Source: The Daily Mail [U.K.]; published on Wednesday, 26 September 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 5,092nd 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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