Mae West: Drives Men Wild

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 23.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: From circus story to crime thriller to romance • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The plot of ”I’m No Angel” initially seems all over the place, beginning as a circus story which then seems ready to segue into a crime thriller before becoming a rise to fame tale, a bawdy romance and finally a courtroom comedy.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: But West, who wrote the screenplay herself, keeps hold of all the threads and the longer the film runs, the more apparent the significance of each plot strand becomes.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: By the final fade out, West has artfully pulled them all together so they coalesce into one hell of a great film.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: West plays Tira, a singing [sic] sideshow attraction who drives men wild while her pickpocket boyfriend Slick cleans them out.
• • Note: Tira is a cooch dancer, a “girl who learned you didn’t need feet to dance.”
• • Mae West: Tira fears being implicated • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Friday, 13 October 1933 • •
• • Mordaunt Hall critiqued the motion picture "I'm No Angel" starring Mae West on Friday, 13 October 1933 for The New York Times. Hall gave this screen comedy a rave review.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Emanuel Cohen will start production today, his birthday, on the new Mae West picture, "Personal Appearance," for Paramount release.
• • Lyle Talbot is a late addition to the cast. The company, on location at Corona, will have a birthday party for Cohen.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have really loved only once. They always found a way to break me up with a man before it became too serious. I was not allowed to love, really love. My mother and then Timony. ... "
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An item in Australia mentioned how much Mae West was missed.
• • A Merge member wrote: Mae West had screen presence like no one else. Always the aggressive sexual force in her films, rather than the man, she's the woman who first said, 'Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?'
• • A Merge member wrote: I don't know where I'm going with this. It's just that every time I see an Oscar winning actress selling mascara or an anti-wrinkle cream I miss Mae West a little bit more.  ...
• • Source: Opinion: Merge in Australia; posted on Tuesday, 13 October 2009
• • 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 5,101st 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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