Mae West: Resisted a Return

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 66 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Resisted a return to the screen for 27 years • •
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Though she resisted a return to the screen for 27 years (including rejecting the part of Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder’s classic "Sunset Boulevard"), Mae West’s star never dimmed.

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Mae West remains one of the most instantly recognisable figures of the twentieth century.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: And thanks to this wonderful boxset, I now understand what all the fuss is about.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: "Mae West in Hollywood" is released by Indicator on limited edition Blu-Ray on 13 December 2021.
• • Mae West: Two special features • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Wednesday, 29 December 1937 • •
• • Variety did an article on the ill-fated broadcast Mae did on NBC: "Mae West Case Big Dilemma in Washington." This piece was printed in Variety on Wednesday, 29 December 1937.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • "Mae is Mae West as always, sartorially magnificent in the stunning screen wardrobe for "Every Day's a Holiday" [1937] designed for her by Elsa Schiaparelli."
• • And she wore it well, let's not forget.
• • Elsa Schiaparelli was born in Rome in 1890, making her three years older than Mae West.
• • Elsa Schiaparelli, who had a brilliant career in fashion, died in Paris, France in 1973.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: ''I like movies about strong women. I was the first liberated woman, y'know. No guy was gonna get the best of me.''
• • Mae West said: "I take it out in the open and laugh at it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Film Bulletin mentioned Mae West.
• • “Every Day’s a Holiday” Is One of Mae West’s Best Paramount [80 Minutes] • •
• • She likes Edmund Lowe, an honest detective, who disobeys orders issued by Lloyd Nolan, a crooked inspector, to arrest Mae.
• • She dresses up as a French actress with dark wig and proceeds to woo Nolan.
• • He becomes jealous of Lowe and fires him from the staff. The two men are later rivals. …
• • Source: Film Bulletin; published on Saturday, 1 January 1938
• • 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 5,146th 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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