Mae West: Dark Places

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 18.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: The 66-minute film goes to dark places • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: The complex comings and goings of the saloon patrons and staff attempt to introduce a dramatic thriller element and the film goes to some dark places with a suicide attempt, murders, accidental deaths, and a sex trafficking ring among the plot strands.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: It’s just too much for such a slender 66-minute film to contain and the other characters are too bland to make it play engagingly or even coherently.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Amongst the supporting characters, as you’d sadly expect in a 1933 film, are a few racist stereotypes.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The talented Louise Beavers [8 March 1900 – 26 October 1962] made a career of playing maids, servants, and slaves.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: However, Beavers has one of her more degrading, thinly-written roles as Lady Lou’s maid Pearl.
• • Mae West: Young Cary Grant • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Saturday, 5 October 1918 • •
• • Mae West received top billing in the drama review of "Sometime" by The New York Times, a critique that was first published on Saturday, 5 October 1918.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Elizabeth Patterson, on loan-out from Paramount, has joined the cast of Mae West's current starring picture, under production at Major Pictures Corp., where Emanuel Cohen is producing for Paramount. Another actor signed by Cohen is Lyle Talbot, given a featured lead. Henry Hathaway is directing the Mae West production, with a cast which also includes Warren William, Alice Brady, Randolph Scott, Isabel Jewell, Margaret Perry and others.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don't cry for a man who's left you — — the next one may fall for your smile.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The daily newspapers discussed Mae West and her banned gay play “Pleasure Man.”
• • "Mae West Show Closed by Police; 57 Indicted" • •
• • New York, October 4 — The 56 members of the cast of "Pleasure Man" and Mae West its author, were indicted today by the Grand Jury ... under the penal code relating to indecent theatrical productions and will be arraigned in general sessions tomorrow.
• • The accused were taken to the West Side court after the indictments had been handed down but the hearing was adjourned at the request of District Attorney Banton. …
• • Source: The Cornell Daily Sun; published on Friday, 5 October 1928
• • 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 5,096th 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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