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 60 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: A film aimed at existing fans of both icons • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Whether they enhance or detract from each other’s impact is a matter of taste.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: As a recent Mae West convert and a complete W.C. Fields novice, perhaps this is a 1940 motion picture I should revisit after I’ve seen more of the latter’s work.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: For now, “My Little Chickadee” is a not-quite-successful curio.
• • Note: Did you spot this goof? When the 'train' stops to pick up the W.C. Fields character, it consists of the locomotive only. The carriages then reappear in the next scene.
• • Note: The title text, 'The End,’ was superimposed over Mae West's gluteus maximus as she walked away from the camera.
• • Mae West: Her next film was in 1943 • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Monday, 20 December 1926 • •
• • It was on Monday, 20 December 1926 that the controversial tabloid Evening Graphic printed a publicity picture of Mae West onstage, costumed as Margy LaMont, actor Barry O'Neill sprawled out in a chair, under her. In her 1926 Broadway play, Mae wanted to depict a woman who has power over her men, a novel idea at the time for theatrical dramas.
• • On Monday, 20 December 1937 • •
• • On Monday, 20 December 1937, The Hollywood Reporter heaped praise on Mae West and "Every Day's a Holiday," writing that the motion picture was "sumptuous in atmosphere and setting."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Modern Screen wrote: If you can measure prosperity by the length of a person's automobile, then Mae West is the wealthiest gal in the world. Mae must have been saving the money she usually invests in diamonds, for she has just stepped out with a swank Dusenberg that's almost as long as a feature picture.
• • Modern Screen wrote: Mae's pretentious buggy sort of puts Bob Montgomery's imported Bentley Racer in the anti-climax department, but it hasn't taken away any of Mr. M's enthusiasm for his car.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated Vol. 12, No. 1, December 1935.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "My mother always understood me. I found out all there was to know about me. Then when I grew up, I changed the things I didn't like and spotlighted the things I admired."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • "Klondike Annie" ― ― Mae West, Victor McLaglen • •
• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: A report in the paper says that the county attorney of Lancaster county, Nebraska, has applied for a court order restraining the theatres of Lincoln from showing Mae West in "Klondike Annie."
• • Motion Picture Herald wrote: Lincoln, Nebraska always was kinda funny that way. If they will team Mae up in a vaudeville act with Aimee “Scrapie” McPherson, we'll betcha it will draw the spotlight position on every vaudeville show in the land. …
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 4 April 1936
• • 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 • •
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• 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 5,140th 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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