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- I'm No Angel
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- (October 16, 1933)
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- The Central Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists,
- meeting in Milwaukee last week congratulated Mae West for
- popularizing plump female figures, called her style "a boon to
- motherhood." The Hays organization should be grateful to the
- C.A.O.&G. because it would be difficult to find any other
- grounds for considering Mae West a good influence on the U.S.
- cinema public. The narratives and conversation Mae West a good
- influence on the U.S. cinema public. The narratives and
- conversation in her pictures, which she writes herself, are
- only less suggestive than her extraordinary gait -- a
- combination of slink, strut, and waggle. Uttered in her
- slurring, husky voice, Mae West's slogan -- "Come up and see me
- some time" -- sounds like the composite catchphrase of all
- improper stories. Because Actress West's manner of dealing with
- her material is light-hearted rather than lubricious, I'm No
- Angel, like She Done Him Wrong, is much more amusing than
- offensive.
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