Mae West: Output Compromised

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 46 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Excessively compromised • •
• • “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN” (82 mins, 1936) • •
• • Mae West’s role was Mavis Arden • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: While the iron grip of the Hays Code had certainly affected Mae West’s output more visibly since 1934, she had managed to continue making films that still had enough of her persona and ideas behind them to be unique and entertaining.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: With “Go West, Young Man,” Mae West seems excessively compromised for the first time.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Based on a play by a male playwright rather than one of her own works, West’s adaptation struggles to combine the material with her own strengths.
• • Mae West: The main attraction • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Wednesday, 24 November 1976 in Australia • •
• • An article "The Two Hidden Faces of Mae West" appeared in The Australian Women's Weekly on Wednesday, 24 November 1976.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Will Hays wrote to Adolph Zukor about "She Done Him Wrong" on 23 November 1932.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Gold goes up and down and so does everything else. But there'll always be dames wanting diamonds, and guys to buy them for them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Stanford Daily mentioned Mae West in a "midnight" show that actually started at 11 pm.
• • Coming on Saturday — — Mae West in "I'm No Angel" — — Midnight show — — Saturday at 11 pm — — Stanford Theatre ...
• • Source: The Stanford Daily; published on Thursday, 23 November 1933
• • 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 5,125th 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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