Mae West: Lightly Farcical

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 5.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Gave the Standout Performance • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Things do not go according to plan however, as Joe Anton must also contend with the arrival of his homicidally jealous casual girlfriend, his audaciously brash old flame, Miss Healey’s fiancé who also happens to be a friend of Joe’s, and a gang of mobsters who want to buy Joe’s business and won’t take no for an answer.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: While it’s true to say that Mae West gives the standout performance in “Night After Night,” she’s far from the only thing of note here.
• • The script use side characters to heighten the chaos • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The lightly farcical story is told in a joyously busy way in which characters are thrown into the mix for no other reason than to heighten the chaos.
• • Mae West: Uncredited Co-writer • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Saturday, 16 September 1911 • •
• • Variety reviewed the cabaret show (issue dated for Saturday, 16 September 1911) while "A la Broadway" was still in rehearsal. Choreographer Ned Wayburn helped Mae West, who studied dance with him, get into the cast.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • For the wonderful film editing on "Belle of the Nineties," released in September 1934, we can thank LeRoy Stone.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The wages of sin are sables and a film contract.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in New York Dramatic Mirror focused on Mae West.
• • The shimmy idea seems made to order for an entertainer of Mae's type. ... Honest to goodness, that shimmering, black outfit she displays during her turn is of a gelatin design. ... And when Mae swings into the shimmying thing the orchestra leader feels like quitting his post and shouting "Atta girl, Mae." …
• • Source: New York Dramatic Mirror; published on Thursday, 25 September 1919
• • 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 5,083rd 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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