Mae West: Rowdy Energy

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 52 of 68.
• • Mae West in Hollywood 1932 – 1943 • •
• • Mae West: Wit and rowdy energy • •

• • Andy Goulding wrote: Some complain that the wit of old has been replaced by increased volume and it is true that this is a very loud film, but there’s plenty of wit mixed in and the rowdy energy is a relief after the sluggish pacing of its immediate predecessor.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Mae West has surrounded herself with a game cast of men, noticeably less superfluous or interchangeable than the men in her earlier films.
• • Andy Goulding wrote: Particularly fun are Charles Winniger as the wealthy Van Doon, the loudest and most excessive of all the characters here, and Lloyd Nolan as the villainous Quade, whose predisposition for misspeaking provides the film with some of its best pieces of wordplay.
• • Mae West: Back in full hip-bouncing form • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Blueprint Reviews U.K.; posted on Friday, 3 December 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 6 December 1994 • •

• • It was on Tuesday, 6 December 1994 that Christie's New York held a well-attended and highly anticipated auction listed as "Film and Television Memorabilia."
• • One light-hearted Mae West item was "A box of approximately 120 red, white, and blue poker chips; a deck of cards from the Roosevelt Hotel." This lot of goodies was sold for $345.00 and now the deck is stacked at someone's house.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • On Tuesday, 6 December 1994 a fan purchased Mae West's white painted upright piano and bench, a frequently photographed fixture of her Hollywood living room.
• • The price realized was $12,650, four times the estimate.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don’t marry a man to reform him — — that’s what reform schools are for.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A book on the Who mentioned Mae West.
• • Matt Kent stated: Monday, 6 December 1976 — Friday, 25 March 1977
• • Shooting schedule in Hollywood for "Sextette" starring eighty-three-year-old movie star, Mae West . . .
• • Source: Book: "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of the Who 1958 — 1978" (page 277); published in June 2009
• • 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 5,131st 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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