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Go West, Young Man

1936, Movie, NR, 80 mins

Go West, Young Man: Review

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By the time this one was made, the blue-nosed censors and several conservative groups had already been up in arms about West's suggestiveness in other movies and much of her humor was snipped from the script, even before it got to the filming stage. West plays a movie star whose latest picture is previewing in a small town. This movie, "Drifting Lady," features Jack LaRue and Xavier Cugat in its cast and shows a sexier and more satirical West than in the framing action, since "Drifting Lady" is more or less a depiction of West's earlier real films. Unfortunately, once the film-within-the-film is over, the picture proper gets bogged down. West is introduced to the movie theater audience watching the preview and creates a sensation with the small-town crowd. She meets Scott, all muscles and little else, and likes the cut of his jib, so she stays on in the little burg to see if she can have a little fun with the young man. Scott's girl friend, Perry, is furious over West's advances and threatens to tell all to a scandal sheet, goaded by a snobbish professor, Giradot. To get the heat off, William, West's press agent, promises Giradot a part in West's next movie, and the ham in him succumbs. Talbot, the governor and an old pal of West, overhears some remarks that cause him to believe mistakenly that West is about to be kidnaped; meanwhile, West is still trying to nail Scott and would like to take him back to Hollywood. About 10 other bogus plot turns complicate matters, and the whole thing winds up a morass. West adapted a play by Lawrence Riley for her script but failed to keep a dominant plot line, thus confusing audiences. It wasn't a large hit. Scott is his customary wooden self, the wrong man to play opposite West. Missing from the screenplay are West's usual barbs and satirical darts, no doubt the result of the script's bowdlerizing at the hands of those at the top. She gets to sing "I Was Saying to the Moon," "Go West, Young Man," and "On a Typical Tropical Night," as well as "When You Stepped into My Life." Although a frustrating film for Mae West fans, this still has enough laughs to make the 80 minutes pass painlessly. Director Hathaway was an odd choice for this type of material. leave a comment
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