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 48 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: The action mostly revolves around Mae West’s attempts to seduce the handsome mechanic who is charged with the task of fixing her expensive car (a young Randolph Scott) against the wishes of her redoubtable and over-protective manager, played by Warren William.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Alice Brady and Elizabeth Patterson are also good as the other small town boarding house inhabitants.
• • Andy Goulding wrote:This is actually lucky since the film spends much longer with these supporting characters and with Mae West offscreen longer than was common in a Mae West motion picture.
• • Feels like an experiment • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Ultimately, however, “Go West, Young Man” feels, for all its ordinariness, like an experiment.
• • Mae West: A suspicion • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Saturday, 29 November 1941 • •
• • Liberty Magazine published a quiz "The Comedians' Comedians" supposedly penned by W.C. Fields. Several clues were about actress Mae West and actor W.C. Fields.
• • The publication date was the last Saturday in November — — on 29 November 1941.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Constance Cummings, Harold Lloyd's leading woman in "Movie Crazy," has been signed for a leading role in "Night After Night" with George Raft, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, and Alison Skipworth.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You've got to keep cool and calm to collect when you're in there trading punches."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An excerpt from "Celebrity, Inc: How Famous People Make Money" by Jo Piazza mentioned Mae West as the first celebrity who influenced the fragrance industry.
• • Jo Piazza writes: Celebrity fragrances can be an ATM for famous people — — paying high dividends for very little investment of time or money. ... The marriage between fame and fragrance also goes back decades, to the 1930s, when the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli designed a curvy perfume bottle modeled after the actress Mae West’s figure. …
• • Source: reposted by Rack.com on Monday, 21 November 2011
• • 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 5,127th 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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