Mae West: Dead Woman

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 42 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Censors deleted 8 minutes • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Though the missing 8 minutes of “Klondike Annie” make it choppier than it should be, there’s a heightened sense of class to the whole production, aided by the direction of veteran director Raoul Walsh (The Thief of Baghdad, White Heat) and a co-starring role for the then-recently Oscar-garlanded Victor McLaglen as a brutish ship’s captain who falls for West’s Frisco Doll, a fugitive escaping from an oppressive relationship which ended in a fatal act of self-defence.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: When missionary Annie Alden dies on the same voyage, The Doll evades the authorities by switching identities with the dead woman.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: But guilt gets the better of her and she feels compelled to fulfill Annie’s purpose of helping to save a financially troubled Alaskan mission.
• • Mae West: This is her most naturalistic performance • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Thursday, 16 November 1916 • •

• • On Thursday, 16 November 1916, Mae West announced in Variety that, in her next appearance in vaudeville, she would appear in male drag and her material would be scripted by songwriter Blanche Merrill. She hinted at using a new name, too. Sounds like a cover-up for something, eh?  Maybe she was hiding from the actors union or her husband Guido Deiro.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Just a California custom perhaps, but whenever a Mae West motion picture is shown, in conjunction with another feature, at the neighborhood houses, the management runs a slide to the effect that the P.T.A. requests that the children leave the theater prior to the famous Westian fireworks.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've spent a lot of money. I used to play the horses pretty bad. And then I owned a string of horses. I've got a lot of property, but I don't like to talk about my investments in public."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about radio mentioned Mae West.
• • L. Bear wrote: In “Dress Circle” this week, Kate Hosking talks about her new show “Diva Sheila, eco Diva Takin’ it to The Street” which opens in Street Theatre Thursday. ...  In the “Red Velvet and Wild Boronia” segment Kate Peters presents excerpts from her acclaimed show about Mae West, “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It”....
• • Source: "Dress Circle This Sunday 4 November on ArtSound FM 92.7 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm" written by L. Bear in Canberra, Australia; posted on Saturday, 3 November 2012
• • 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 5,120th 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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