Mae West: Marquee Appeal

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 24.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Tira fears she will be implicated • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: When Slick gets in trouble with the law, Tira’s fear that he will implicate her leads her to inadvertently offer to headline a lion-taming act in which she will stick her head in the lion’s mouth.
• • Mae West as a lion tamer • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: This daredevil act makes her into a star and brings the attention of even more suitors, including two very wealthy cousins.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: This love triangle is further complicated by Slick’s release from prison.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: As usual in a Mae West film, West is the main attraction and she makes the most of her marquee appeal, once again giving herself a titillating build up, this time by way of a carnival barker.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: If anything, the one-liners in “I’m No Angel” are even more quotable than those in “She Done Him Wrong.”
• • Note: The central figure promoting "I'm No Angel" (set in 1933) is none other than Lady Lou (costumed for 1893).
• • Mae West: Cary Grant turns up after 48 minutes • •
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Thursday, 17 October 1968 • •
• • Mae West had plans for a cinema version of the stage play "Sextet" back in 1968.
• • Writing for The New York Times, Motion Picture Editor A.H. Weiler announced on Thursday, 17 October 1968: Mae West, who has not appeared in movies for a quarter of a century, will return to the screen early next year in a film version of her play — — "Sextet" — — in which she starred in Florida in 1961.
• • On Friday, 17 October 2008 in NYC • •

• • A Staged Reading of "Courting Mae West" was held on Friday, 17 October 2008 starting at 5:45 PM on West 43rd Street and Broadway. Yvonne Sayers was charming in the title role. Were you there?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The way the Mae West — Allison Skipworth moments stand out suggests that “Night After Night” [1932] could have stood more of them. But the obvious intent is to nurse Miss West along.
• • She's tossed into this motion picture rather abruptly and without any bearing on the plot.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I started it — — years ago."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article datelined Hollywood mentioned Mae West.
• • Associated Press reported this frightening headline: "Mae West Escapes Apartment Hold-Up; Other Residents, Victims in Hollywood, Are Glad She and Her Bodyguard Were Away."
• • Hollywood, Oct. 17,  1936 (AP) — — Mae West missed being robbed by minutes, and eight residents of her apartment house who were victimized were thankful. ...
• • Source: AP; published on Saturday, 17 October 1936
• • 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 5,102nd 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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