Mae West: Hard-Boiled Siren

On Saturday, 18 October 1947, MAE WEST was interviewed by a London reporter.
• • "Mae West's visit gives lift to London's spirits" • •
• • "Wisecracks, diamonds — and those eyelashes enthrall her many admirers written by Bill Strutton of our London staff" • •
• • This is Part 4 of 9 segments.
• • Mae has the ability to switch in a second • •      
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  She can switch in a moment from a gracious woman to a hard-boiled screen siren with a lift of her eye brows, a shrug of her hips, and a  few unique wisecracks.
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  Mae matches serious questions with a quiet, serious answer, but her eyes will twinkle in response to a silly query, and back will come a crack that is like a line of dialogue from one of her films.  For instance, a woman interviewer asked her: "How would you keep a husband?"
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  Mae thought for a moment, then said, with a provocative purr: "Show me your husband and I'll show you how to keep him."
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  Latest photographs have been cruel to Mae, for though she looks her 57 years in them, in person her skin has the delicacy and coloring of a woman 20 years younger.
• • When Mae West is accused of vulgarity • •    . . .
• • Source: Article by  Bill Strutton for The Australian Women's Weekly; published on  Saturday, 18 October 1947.
• • On Monday, 21 September 1964 • •
• • According to a news item syndicated by Reuters, on Monday, 21 September 1964, Mae West was a patient at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The legendary Hollywood star was being treated for nervous exhaustion.
• • Actress Mae West, 72, Has Nervous Collapse • •
• • Hollywood — Mae West, 72, was reported in "satisfactory" condition today in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital where she was admitted last Thursday for treatment of a "nervous collapse."
• • Attendants indicated Saturday that she would be released within a few days.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West made a lasting impact with the fewest number of film releases, 12 features from 1932′s "Night After Night" to 1978′s "Sextette."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:    "You know, honey, I see something men must like about you. You're a brilliant listener."
• • Quote, Unquote • •

• • A British actress mentioned Mae West.
• • Tilda Swinton wrote:  By the time Charlotte Chandler went up to see Mae West at Ravenswood Apartments in Hollywood in 1979, her subject had been celebrated for nearly 60 years as the hoochy-coochy-ing hussy, the Empress of Sex.
• • Tilda Swinton wrote:  West had been jailed in 1927 for writing a scandalous stage show; but more dangerous still was the way she had moved her hips, the shape her mouth made. Hence the sofa Salvador Dali made of her lips; hence, too, his 1935 work . . .
• • Image: Mae West in 1928 costumed as Diamond Lil for her Broadway "Bowery drama of the underworld."
• • Source: Article in The Guardian [U.K.]; published on Friday, 21 September 2007 
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eleven years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,700 blog posts. Wow!   
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3792nd 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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