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Go West, Young Man (1936 film)

Go West, Young Man is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Mae West, Warren William and Randolph Scott.[2] Released by Paramount Pictures and based on the 1934 play Personal Appearance by Lawrence Riley, the film is about a movie star who is stranded in the country and trifles with a young man's affections. The phrase "Go West, young man" is often attributed to New York Tribune founder Horace Greeley, and sometimes misattributed to Indiana journalist John B. L. Soule, but the latest research shows it to be a paraphrase.[3]

Go West, Young Man

Emanuel Cohen

Karl Struss

Ray Curtiss

Arthur Johnston

Emanuel Cohen Productions

  • November 13, 1936 (1936-11-13) (USA)
[1]

82 minutes

United States

English

Plot[edit]

Mavis Arden is a movie star who becomes romantically involved with a politician. She plans to meet him at her next tour stop, but her Rolls-Royce malfunctions and she is left stranded in a rural town. Her manager arranges for her to stay at a local boarding house. She sets her eyes on the young mechanic fixing her car, Bud Norton.

as Mavis Arden

Mae West

as Morgan

Warren William

as Bud Norton

Randolph Scott

as Mrs. Struthers

Alice Brady

as Aunt Kate Barnaby

Elizabeth Patterson

as Francis X. Harrigan

Lyle Talbot

as Gladys

Isabel Jewell

Margaret Perry as Joyce Struthers

as Prof. Herbert Rigby

Etienne Girardot

Maynard Holmes as Clyde

John Indrisano as Chauffeur

Alyce Ardell as Jeanette (French maid)

as Nicodemus

Nick Stewart

Charles Irwin as Master of Ceremonies

as Andy Kelton[4]

Walter Walker

as Rico's girlfriend

Raquel Torres

Reception[edit]

The New York Times wrote that the film had "lost little" from the play and called the supporting cast "uniformly excellent."[5] Variety wrote that "Miss West, in her own way, is excellent" even though her persona "tires a bit and no longer is quite the novelty it once was."[6] "Excellent Mae West vehicle filled with laughs", reported Film Daily.[7] Motion Picture Daily wrote that "the film is basically farce comedy and, while noticeably different from previous West features, it does not fail to deliver all that is expected."[8] "The play was funny and tough; and the movie is funny, and perhaps tough too", wrote John Mosher in The New Yorker. "We mustn't, of course, ever allow anything to curb Mae West, so it is with relief that we find her in this film no more shy than before."[9] Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, characterizing it as "quite incredibly tedious", and "as slow and wobbling in its pace as Miss West's famous walk".[10]

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Go West, Young Man