Excerpt from a 1970 book: Latins Are Still Lousy Lovers by Helen Lawrenson
In a section titled "Mirror, Mirror, on the Ceiling: How'm I doin'?" (a reprint of an interview with Mae West) on page 55, there is a quote from Mae West's memoir: Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It.
Her book is plummy with descriptions of love affairs, couched in prose that can only be her own. Of one lover she says, "He had bedroom eyes, the body of a duelist, and the charm of a French ambassador," and describes their first encounter: "We had no time for the usual romantic preliminaries... I said, 'You know?' He said, 'Oh, yes.' I said 'L'amour.'" And so to bed.
At the height of her career, Mae West was the second highest salaried person in the USA (behind William Randolph Hearst), the star of countless films, plays and shows, and perhaps the sex symbol of the time, therefore, such words should not be scoffed at. . . .
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This excerpt is from this book: Latins Are Still Lousy Lovers by Helen Lawrenson [London: Robert Hale & Co., 1970]
Monday, January 03, 2005
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In the early days of TV Mae was asked why all the mirrors in her apartment. I was too young to pay attention to her answer. Had something to do with sex, I guess, but just what was it?
ReplyDelete• • About the mirrors, Mae West often said: "I like to see how I'm doin'!!"
ReplyDelete• • Mae West accompanied Judy Garland, age 20, during a visit to an abortionist. Coming up soon on the Mae West Blog!