Mae West: Scoffed at Snobs

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 36 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Analysis of the Mae West formula • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The Mae West formula at this stage included an opening in which, while West is offscreen, a group of men talk about how amazing and gorgeous she is; a possessive and often homicidally jealous admirer; an abrupt moment of violent crime; a love triangle complicated by a romantic misunderstanding; and, of course, enough one-liners to keep a censor busy for a month.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: “Goin’ to Town” features all these elements, and yet it gets away with them yet again because there’s a fresh angle: Mae vs. the snobs.
• • Note: Mae West tackled snobs in “Night After Night” as well as in “I’m No Angel.” A memorable scene has Tira spitting in the face of a society woman. Therefore, Andy Goulding’s line about a fresh angle makes no sense.
• • Mae West: Pricks the pomposity of the snobbish set • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Friday, 7 November 2003 in Los Angeles • •

• •  Mae West's apartment house The Ravenswood was designated a landmark in the month of November — — on Friday, 7 November 2003.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper will appear in one picture each per year.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I didn't start out to collect diamonds — — but somehow they just kept piling up."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article published in November 1954 interviewed Mae West.
• • "At 62, Mae West Now Brings Women Flocking to Learn from the Girl with IT" • •
• • The NY correspondent wrote: The buxom platinum blonde with free-swinging hips and sultry come hither voice has returned to New York after a smash-hit run in the vastly opulent nightclubs and cabarets of Las Vegas and Reno.  
• • The NY correspondent wrote: Mae West’s current show in a New York theatre is not making as much money as she earned 20 years ago, when she was the highest paid woman in America and probably the world, but it is doing pretty well all the same. ...
• • Source: The Sun-Herald (Sydney, NSW); published on Sunday, 7 November 1954
• • 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 5,114th 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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