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 28.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: “I’m No Angel” is a tremendously original film • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: There’s also a lovely little cameo here by Walter Walker as a judge who is a little more taken with Tira than is strictly professional.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: “I’m No Angel” is a tremendously original film that slowly but surely worked its magic on me. At first I thought it didn’t quite know where it was going but as its various acts unfolded the significance of each puzzle piece snapped into focus.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Just as Tira keeps pictures of previous boyfriends next to symbolic statuettes of animals (her current beau’s image stands next to a deer, while former boyfriends stand astride a skunk and a snake), so there is a greater thematic significance to Mae West standing over a group of male lions while wielding a whip, and emerging triumphant even when she puts her head right in the beast’s mouth.
• • Mae West: “I’m No Angel” surely worked its magic • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 24 October 1933 • •
• • Variety couldn't stop printing articles about "I'm No Angel" starring Mae West. "Mae West Opera Wows Newark — Cops House Record, $28,000, and Held Over" ran in Variety's issue dated for Tuesday, 24 October 1933.
• • On Wednesday, 24 October 1934 • •
• • A review of "Belle of the Nineties" penned by Otis Ferguson was published on Wednesday, 24 October 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • After Paul Novak died, Mae West's items were catalogued by Butterfields Auction House in Los Angeles. The memorabilia portion of Mae's personal belongings went before bidders on Tuesday, 24 October 2000.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Censors again."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Publishers Weekly announced the very clever contest Mae West's publisher Macauley came up with to draw more attention to her novel set in the New York neighborhood of Harlem titled "Babe Gordon."
• • Asking a reader to rename it, Macauley offered a prize of $100.
• • The winning title was "The Constant Sinner." Then a new book-jacket was created. …
• • Source: Publishers Weekly; published on Saturday, 25 October 1930
• • 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 5,106th 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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