Mae West: Distinct Formula

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 35.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Her films followed a certain formula • •
• • “GOIN’ TO TOWN” (74 mins., 1935) • •

• • Mae West’s role was Cleo Borden • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: “Goin’ to Town” is often considered one of Mae West’s weakest films, although I’m sure this is at least partially influenced by it being her fourth starring role and the growing realisation that her films were following a certain formula.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: There’s nothing wrong with formula, of course. It never hurt Marvel.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: But, as someone who has recently made the decision to check out of the MCU for good, I appreciate that it can become wearing.
• • Mae West: What is Mae West's formula? • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Saturday, 3 November 2001 in The Scotsman • •
• • A book review of a Mae West biography by scholar Jill Watts ran on 3 November 2001.
• • Critic Carole Morin wrote this first paragraph: Mae West was 39 by the time she made it to Hollywood as the big blonde who had lost her reputation and never missed it. She began performing at the age of four, encouraged by her pushy mom, Tillie, and her boxer father, bad Jack. Tillie ran a bootleg hotel for Owney Madden, owner of the Cotton Club, giving mineral water-drinking Mae and her alcoholic sister opportunities for affairs with gangsters and actors. ...
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • When the Misses Skipworth and West are on view, together or separately, the laughs come often in "Night After Night." And in the brief period assigned them as a team the comedy pace is even speedier. They do a virtual cross-fire two-act when doubling.
• • Miss West's dialog is always unmistakably her own. It is doubtful if anyone else could write it just that way.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You see the speakeasy influence. Sit at a table, dearie, I always say. And don't forget your frills and ruffles and anything else that feminizes you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper in Ithaca, NY mentioned Mae West.
• • "Sigma Chi Makes 'THE' Mae West New Sweetheart" • •
• • Cornell Daily Sun wrote: And here is what the college boys arranged, according to a local news outlet near the university campus.
• • "Before what?" • •
• • Cornell Daily Sun wrote: Mae West last night was formally made the latest "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" in a ceremony held at that fraternity following her one night stand at the Strand Theater. Flustered by the honor, Mae West answered a Cornell Daily Sun reporter's query as to whether she had ever been in a fraternity house before with this reply: "before what?" …
• • Source: Cornell Daily Sun; published on Friday, 1 November 1946
• • 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 5,113th 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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