Mae West: April 1974

MAE WEST was prominently featured in the April 1974 issue of Ms Magazine. Their cover story — — "What Movies Have Done to Women" — — featured Hollywood blondes such as Mae, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Ginger Rogers, Marion Davies, Alice Faye, Doris Day, along with non-blondes such as Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, etc.
• • Of all the blondes, Ms decided that Jean Harlow and Mae West were the most interesting — — and the Art Director filled three-quarters of a page with Mae's photo.
• • Ms noted that Mae West "swaggered from one artificial costume epic to another, writing her own scripts, and emanating her brand of vulgarity and ribald comedy. ..." Her nine films were "enough to convulse the censors."
• • Calling Mae a "self-styled drag queen," Ms concluded that it was not the actress's appearance that riled the censors but rather that Mae West "as author and star, controlled plots and manipulated males with the deftness of a puppeteer. ..."
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in vaudeville • • circa 1916
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