Mae West: Sexual Hijinks

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 43 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: This is her most naturalistic performance • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Though it remains an underrated film, there are those who claim “Klondike Annie” features West’s greatest performance.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: While I’d contest this (I love that perfection of her classic persona in “I’m No Angel”), “Klondike Annie” undoubtedly features her most naturalistic performance.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: In this role, Mae West drops her trademark purr and hip-bouncing swagger.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: She still draws on her usual sexual liberation and thankfully doesn’t betray this by validating the Hays Code’s view on sexual morality.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Rather, West examines the idea of goodness in both the religious and secular, providing a more nuanced picture of human nature than was becoming de rigueur at the time.
• • Mae West: By no means a perfect film • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Friday, 17 November 1916 • •
• • On Friday, 17 November 1916, Mae West announced in the trade papers (such as Variety) that she had new plans.
• • "Mae West's New Name and Act" • •
• • An act written by Blanche Merrill will return Mae West to vaudeville under another name and as a male impersonator.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The latest Mae West opus, written by herself, has to do with the life of a burlesque queen in the Gay Nineties. Adored by all the men (as usual), Mae gives her trusting heart to a young prize fighter, played by Roger Pryor.
• • In Her Own Words • •

• • Mae West said: "Of course, I like diamonds, and who doesn't. I play with 'em like a kid with a set of blocks. Only I don't leave 'em laying around."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Wyoming newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • The Jackson Hole Star Tribune reported on Friday, 17 November 1933 that Penrhyn Stanlaws [1877 — 1957] was interviewed about painting the face of Mae West.
• • Born in Scotland, this portrait artist, who became famous for his paintings of beautiful women commissioned for the covers of magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, complained that Hollywood starlets were far from perfect beauties.
• • For example, a reporter for the Casper Tribune-Herald had listed Penrhyn Stanlaws's critiques of screen stars such as Mae West, Katherine Hepburn, Constance Bennett, and Greta Garbo. His only criticism of Kay Francis, however, was that she had overdeveloped triceps but otherwise had "nicely balanced features." …
• • Source: The Jackson Hole Star Tribune; published on Friday, 17 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 5,121st 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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