Mae West: Moral Ambiguity

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 51 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Moral ambiguity still abounds • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Moral ambiguity still abounds, with West’s character Peaches O’Day being a con artist and small-time thief who, it is implied, is still better than the corrupt politicians whose less-obvious misdemeanours infect the very fibre of New York.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: One such politician, the odious police captain John Quade, becomes Peaches O'Day’s adversary as he first attempts to arrest her and then unwittingly to romance her when she re-emerges as temperamental French alter ego Fifi.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: “Every Day’s a Holiday” is generally dismissed as another minor Mae West effort but I just loved it.

• • Mae West: Wit and rowdy energy • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 5 December1933 • •
• • Excitement reigned in sunny California on Tuesday, 5 December 1933, the date Prohibition was repealed. Mae West was photographed in a Hollywood speakeasy with Gary Cooper, posing with a huge glass of beer.
• • Numerous pictures were snapped that night showing Mae, wearing a dark, long dress with a large glittering brooch and a server's cap, standing behind the bar pulling a draft; or standing next to "the Coop" holding a Bavarian pretzel, etc. I hope they had a chance to have a tall cold one themselves.
• • Mae's friend, speakeasy hostess Texas Guinan, had died the month before.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Known as the “Hitler of Hollywood, Joseph Breen died at age 75 — on Sunday, 5 December 1965. It is doubtful that Mae West attended his funeral (nor went into mourning).
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I walk with men, dearie, not dogs."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An automobile website mentioned Mae West.
• • Vicious 1956 Lincoln Continental Is Long and Low, Has Mystery Mae West Signature • •
• • Daniel Patrascu wrote: Incredible as this car may be visually and mechanically, the thing that strikes the most is the signature on the underside of the trunk (sadly not pictured in the just three photos made available at the time of writing). It belongs to Mae West, one of the biggest and most controversial names in entertainment in the early decades of the 1900s.
• • A significant discovery • •
• • Daniel Patrascu wrote: As per the available info, the signature was discovered during restoration work, but nobody knows how, when, or why the star signed her name on this particular car.
• • Daniel Patrascu wrote: The signature of Mae West was preserved, of course, and is included now in the custom 1956 Lincoln Continental. …
• • Source: Auto Evolution; published on Friday, 11 November 2022
• • 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 5,130th 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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