Mae West: Take-Home Pay

MAE WEST used to say she "topped them all" — — and she certainly was correct when it came to take-home pay.
• • "Treasury Dep't Reveals Salaries" • •
• • William Randolph Hearst Is First with $ 500,000, Mae West Second with $ 339,000 • •

• • WASHINGTON, Jan. 7  [AP] — The natural curiosity of man to know how much money the other fellow makes was partly satisfied today with the congressional disclosure of salaries paid all corporation employes in the country receiving $15,000 or more a year.
• • Such twelve-month paychecks as $500,000 for William Randolph Hearst and $339,166.65 for Mae West were sprinkled among the 1934 salary lists made public by the House Ways and Means Committee.  ...
• • Source: Associated Press news rpt in Daily Illini; published on Wednesday, 8 January 1936.
• • On Tuesday, 8 January 1935 in Los Angeles • •
• • Busy working on her next motion picture, Mae West did have to miss half a day's shooting to attend the funeral of her father in Los Angeles in early January — — on Tuesday, 8 January 1935.
• • On Monday, 8 January 1940 in Hollywood • •
• • "My Little Chickadee" had wrapped. Universal was hard at work, courting Mae West and hoping to have her do another film for them.
• • On Wednesday, 8 January 2003 in The Sun Sentinel • •
• • Florida readers of the Sun Sentinel were greeted by an interesting article "Three's A Crowd If One Is Mae West" published in the newspaper on Wednesday, 8 January 2003.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood's W.C. Fields told us:  "Mae West says she does her best writing in bed. Well, I do my best loafing there, and consider that this is the primary purpose of a bed."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "The score never interested me, only the game."
• • Mae West said:  "What am I suppose to do? Retire to a rocking chair?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A headline in Singapore focused on Mae West and NBC.
• • "Mae West Is Banned Name" • •
• • The National Broadcasting Company New York recently banned the use of Miss Mae West's name in scripts broadcast by any of its managed or operated stations. ....
• • Source: The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (page 5); published on Friday, 7 January 1938
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •    
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during this past decade. Yesterday we entertained 1,430 visitors. 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3088th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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