Mae West: 50 Parrots

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 30.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Targeted by the purity police • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Mae West’s attitude to the increased authority of the PCA was to be made clear by a satirical publicity stunt in which 50 parrots were trained to squawk “It’s a Sin” [sic], which was originally to be the film’s title.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The PCA hit back by demanding a title change, thereby rendering the time and effort spent training the birds useless.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Given how pointedly the PCA targeted West, it’s a wonder “Belle of the Nineties” is even as good as it is.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: West managed to slip plenty of her trademark double entendres past the censors.
• • Mae West: Leo McCarey eroded the scrappy energy • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Thursday, 26 October 1995 • •
• • "Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her" [57 minutes] — — the VHS format was released on Thursday, 26 October 1995.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • King-siding at Mae's sensational nightclub debut in Las Vegas was laughing boy, Johnny Ray — — once again with his ex — — Marilyn Morrison.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "After I was called a sex symbol and the studios saw how much money my films made, they wanted others."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper in Texas mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Ideal of Columbia Frosh" • •
• • New York, October 25th — Mae West is the dream girl of Columbia University freshmen, the annual survey by Columbia students announced today. Questionnaires filled out by 325 freshmen showed a staggering majority for Mae West as the one woman qualified to make a freshman happy today. …
• • Source: The San Antonio Light; published on Thursday, 26 October 1933
• • 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 5,100 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,108th 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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