Mae West: True Desires

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 9.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Only Maudie Triplett is comfortable in her own skin • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Of all the characters, it is only Mae West’s Maudie who is comfortable in her own skin, helping to shepherd the others towards their true desires.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: “Night After Night” is very much a Pre-Code film, not just evidenced by West’s suggestive dialogue and manner but also by an ambiguous amorality that would soon be squeezed out of subsequent pictures.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Hollywood would soon have its hand forced away from making such overt suggestions that you’re better off as a small-time crook than a phony socialite, even if there’s a warmer core message of being true to yourself that makes such specifics the fodder of the over-literal.
• • Mae West: “Night After Night” is not clear cut in its morals • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Friday, 22 September 1911 • •
• • On Friday, 22 September 1911, 18-year-old Mae West from Brooklyn was in the spotlight. On that date, "A La Broadway" had opened at the Folies-Bergere Theatre, New York, NY. This short-lived revue closed on 30 September 1911.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Brave women have carved this trail of emancipation from ageism for my generation — — for instance, Mae West did her best in the USA nearly a century ago.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'll never play sad parts, dumb parts or 'wronged' heroines. I feel sorry for weak women, but I cannot like them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A news item by Kevin Thomas revealed the private life of Mae West.
• • "Up for Bid: All That Glittered on Mae West" • •
• • Mae West was the genuine article — — even if not all her diamonds were real. Such were my thoughts as Joe Gold and I, both longtime friends of Mae's, went over the jewelry and memorabilia that her longtime companion Charles Krauser had stored after her death in 1980 at 87.  ...
• • Source: The Los Angeles Times; posted on Friday, 22 September 2000
• • 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 5,087th 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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