Mae West: Offers Diamonds

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 19.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: A young Cary Grant • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: And there’s also a pretty superfluous (sic) scene with a grotesquely hand-rubbing Jewish businessman.
• • Note: This scene demonstrates Lady Lou’s serious interest in Captain Cummings. To prevent his meetings from being shut down, she offers her diamonds to buy the building, Jacobson’s Hall, from Mr. Jacobson, the landlord. Superfluous? Hardly. Lee Kohlmar was cast as Mr. Jacobson.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Still, if these lazy stereotypes are underdeveloped, so are the other supporting roles.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: A young Cary Grant, despite receiving second billing, has very little to do as the director of the local mission, located next door to the saloon.
• • Note: Cary is also “The Hawk,” who is spying on Gus Jordan and who will bring about the climax when he arrests everybody including Lady Lou.
• • Mae West: To Cary Grant’s annoyance • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Sunday, 6 October 1918 • •
• • On Sunday, 6 October 1918 the New York Herald Tribune wrote about Mae's superb performance as Mayme Dean in the Broadway show "Sometime," noting "Mae West gave a capital characterization of a chorus girl in search of temptation, but never finding it, ..."
• • On Friday, 6 October 1933 • •

• • On Friday, 6 October 1933, Mae West wowed the world when Paramount released "I'm No Angel" directed by Wesley Ruggles and co-starring Cary Grant (in the role of Jack Clayton).
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Variety reported that Faye Dunaway will play Mae West in the upcoming film "The Calling."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A campus reporter noticed a store mannequin was attired like Mae West.
• • "The Lady Lou Influence" • •
• • And on Wednesday she satisfied the public eye by appearing in one of these new Mae West formals with a removable jacket with a high, high collared neck, shirred shoulders, pocket elbow sleeves, and slitback. When the jacket was removed, the matelasse material appeared straight and slinky, in line with nothing in the way of a back. …
• • Source: The Daily Illini; published on Friday, 6 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 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,097th 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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