Mae West: Slow Build Up

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 16.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Sex positivity and immortal one-liners • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Indulging in pleasure with a sex-positivity that the Hays Code would soon make impossible to depict so plainly, Lou dispenses Mae West’s immortal one-liners with breathlessly iconic style.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: This is, of course, the film in which she first spoke those oft-misquoted words “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?”
• • Andy Goulding wrote: It’s fair to say that “She Done Him Wrong” is never dull when Mae West is onscreen.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: And after a slow build up designed to maximize the impact of her arrival, she’s rarely off screen.
• • Note: “Diamond Lil,” Mae West’s 1928 stage melodrama, also begins with a slow build-up. Her three-hour play starts in Chicago, where jewel thief Chick Clark sits behind bars, angrily reading a “Dear John” letter from Diamond Lil and complaining that “that dame done me dirt.”
• • Mae West: Her impeccably delivered quips • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 3 October 1933 • •

• • Variety ran with all sorts of coverage about "I'm No Angel" starring Mae West. For instance, their article "Downtown Frisco Will Milk Next Mae West Opus; Nabes Can Squawk" was published on page 11 in Variety's issue dated for Tuesday, 3 October 1933.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In 1935, Paramount tried to re-release Mae West's two Pre-Code hits from 1933, "She Done Him Wrong" and "I'm No Angel."
• • But Joe Breen had tightened the celluloid noose explaining that these earlier Mae West talkies were "so completely in violation of the Code that it is utterly impossible for us to issue a certificate of approval."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Prize fights are my chief form of relaxation. Watching boys in action takes my mind off studio and business problems. Furthermore, my father was a good boxer. Guess it's in the blood."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New York newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Police Stop Matinee of Mae West’s New Play" • •
• • New York, Oct. 3 — [A.P.] — A matinee performance of Mae West's play, "The Pleasure Man," was halted during the first scene of the third act this afternoon by Police Lieutenant James Coy, who walked on the stage and told the audience that he was placing the cast under arrest.
• • Miss Mae West and her actors had also been arrested after Monday night's opening of the play. They were charged with staging an indecent performance. …
• • Source: Associated Press; published on Thursday, 4 October 1928
• • 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 5,094th 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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