Mae West: Other Standouts

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 26.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Black maids are stand-outs • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Other standouts in the cast are West’s trio of African-American maids, played by Gertrude Howard, Libby Taylor and the soon-to-be Oscar-winning Hattie McDaniel.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Mae West has been retrospectively commended for her efforts to ensure people of colour had roles in her plays and films, although as “She Done Him Wrong” proved, these roles weren’t always ideal.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Maid roles, however, were generally what was available to black female actors in mainstream Hollywood productions at the time and in “I’m No Angel,” West makes them more like pals, with Gertrude Howard’s Beulah being Tira’s main confidante.
• • Mae West: “I’m No Angel’s” major achievement is this • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Monday, 19 October 1936 • •
• • Mae West returned from the prize fights in her car • •
• • The apartment house garage attendant and five other men and three women were robbed of money and jewelry by two men who waited for apartment house tenants to return in their automobiles. The men victims were tied with wire and gagged, but the women were allowed to stand in an alcove, threatened by the pistols of the robbers.
• • Mae West returned from the prize fights in her car with her armed bodyguard a few minutes after the robbers left the garage. The victims said their worst fear was that while they were held prisoners, Miss West and her bodyguard would arrive and that bullets, might fly indiscriminately.
• • Source: Associated Press; published on Monday, 19 October 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In case you don't savvy the argot of the criminal underground, the "finger man" of a mob is the fellow who points out the victim and the location to nab him.
• • Mae West, Betty Compson, and one of the many Marxes [Marx Brothers] are only a few of those who are reputed to have had the "finger" put on them at various times.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I cut down on physical sex when I'm writing or plotting a play."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Ballyhoo on "Belle of the 90's" • •
• • A Mae West cocktail was concocted and cards plugging the drinks and the show were used in leading restaurants.  
• • Bumperettes were placed on cars, imprinted napkins used and a man carrying a 40x60 cut-out of La West with theatre copy formed some of the highlights of his campaign. …
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 6 October 1934
• • 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 5,104th 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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