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 45 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: The funniest scene • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The ending is somewhat abrupt and unsatisfying.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: It mixes in elements of humour while retaining an overall dramatic bent (the funniest scene goes not to Mae West, but to an enterprising young boy who extorts money from everyone around him) and refuses to simplify its broad view of goodness to give the audience an easy time, as was so common in the Hays infested films of the era.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: “Klondike Annie” emerges as further proof of West’s often unsung versatility as both a writer and performer.
• • Mae West: Excessively compromised • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • Variety poked fun at Mae West's attempts at funding her Broadway production of "The Wicked Age" via corporate sponsorship.
• • Mocking the apparel labels her character deliberately mentions in the dialogue (such as Sam Mayo negligees) and the long list of designers in the Program credits, Variety was as gleeful as if they were doing serious undercover detective work about a Broadway producer who was caught defrauding his naive investors.
• • Between the acts, Variety informed their readers, promotional postcards were distributed by the theatre ushers explaining that "Cammeyer shoe creations have a leading role in my wardrobe."
• • Source: Variety (on page 48); published on Wednesday, 23 November 1927.
• • On Sunday, 23 November 1980 in The L.A. Times • •
• • Mae West received a first-rate send-off in The Los Angeles Times by her friend Kevin Thomas.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • After co-starring in "My Little Chickadee," and after an absence of three years, Mae West returned to the screen in the musical comedy "The Heat's On." Her character was Fay Lawrence, a famous Broadway actress. Lloyd Bridges played Andy Walker.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "We must do all that only and exclusively with the eyes."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A United Press series mentioned Mae West.
• • Note: A series of "If" questions circulated around the film colony in November 1934. Here is one that ran on Friday, 23 November 1934.
• • Hollywood, United Press — — If your home were afire and you could save only one thing, what would it be? That’s the latest "If" stickler being brought up at film colony parties almost nightly. The answers given by leading stars and executives are often surprising, many passing up articles of value for sentimental keepsakes.
• • Mae West said she would save an old miniature of her mother Tillie as a girl. …
• • Source: Syndicated Feature (page 2) rpt in The Daily Banner (Indiana); published on Friday, 23 November 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 5,124th 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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