Mae West: Incoherent Plot?

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 21.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: An incoherent plot • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: If you can slip into that early 1930s [sic] headspace, you’ll hopefully find yourself gasping and giggling in all the right places.
• • Note: “She Done Him Wrong” is a period film set in the 1890s of Mae West’s youth.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: There’s also an infectious energy to the brisk pacing of the film and goofy, theatrical overplaying of its game extras.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Just don’t come into “She Done Him Wrong” looking for a coherent plot.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: As the many, many characters pass through, it’s best to stay focused on Mae West.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: It’s not much to ask.
• • Mae West: Second most famous film • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Sunday, 11 October 1936 • •
• • On Sunday, 11 October 1936, Los Angeles Times readers saw this intriguing news item: "Mae West's Driver Hunted." Provocative, eh?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West’s last film, ''She Done Him Wrong,'' had made enough money to keep Paramount studios afloat, preserving American culture as we know it. In five years since she hit Broadway with ''Diamond Lil,'' the bawdy, busty blonde had become a major current in the American mainstream. Fans rushed to her every movie, aped her style, worked her witticisms into the language. She had become an icon of America struggling out of the Depression.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Of course, I had to have experiences to understand life. I had to know all about life to give people what they wanted on the stage."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article circulated in the press in 1935 discussed Mae West. What a misleading headline.
• • Mae West’s Latest Stunt Blows Up • •
• • By United Press — Hollywood, Oct. 10 — — The task of a dramatic hunt for an extortionist, who was alleged to have threatened Mae West film actress, was without a principal today. George Janios, the bus boy in a studio cafe, arrested when he fumbled with a dummy package planted in a vacant lot, was released.
• • Three other men, questioned by Blaney Matthews, chief investigator for Buron Fitts, district attorney, also were released.
• • Source: United Press coverage rpt by Healdsburg Tribune; published on Thursday, 10 October 1935
• • 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 5,099th 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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