Go West, Young Man

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

The New York Times wrote that the film had lost little from the play and called the supporting cast uniformly excellent. 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. Excellent Mae West vehicle filled with laughs, reported Film Daily. 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. The play was funny and tough and the movie is funny, and perhaps tough too, wrote John Mosher in The New Yorker. We mustnt, 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.

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