Mae West: A Neat Trick

On Wednesday, 24 May 2018, MAE WEST was in the news. This is Part 2.
• • Mae West and The Beatles — — She Was NOT lonely and did not want to join their lonely heart club band. • • 
• • Written by Liz Smith and Denis Ferrara • •
• • Yes, Mae refused. • •
• • Of course, she refused — what? She was not concerned about aging nor attracting men.
• • Why, she was as beautiful and desirable as ever! (This in itself was a neat trick, as by the time forty-year-old Mae arrived in Hollywood, she was not particularly either. But she was a genius at innuendo, and putting across her astonishing personality.)
• • She believed her own self-created mythology and lived long and prosperously, never acknowledging age, changing times or tastes, or other sex-symbols. It worked for her.
• • Eventually, Mae said yes. (The Beatles wrote her a letter — I would love to read how they finessed her ego!) She joined figures such as Marlon Brando … Bob Dylan … Fred Astaire … Tony Curtis … Shirley Temple … Aubrey Beardsley … Oscar Wilde … Carl Jung … Huntz Hall … Lenny Bruce … Albert Einstein … Lewis Carroll … Tyrone Power … Sonny Liston … H.G. Wells … Dr. Livingston … Laurel and Hardy and about 40 others, living and dead.
• • Sex-bomb • •   . . .
• • This is Part 2 of four segments. To be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Article written by Liz Smith and Denis Ferrara; published on Wednesday, 24 May 2017.
• • On Monday, 22 May 1978 • •

• • In May 1978, Time Magazine printed these felicitous remarks by resident movie critic Gerald Clarke: And her new movie, “Sextette,” is so bad it's good.  . . .  Sixty years ago Mae West looked in the mirror and ordered the clock stopped. So far as she is concerned, it has never dared to start again ....
• • [Source: "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" by Gerald Clarke, Time Magazine, issue dated for the week of 22 May 1978].
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's first two films grossed over seven million dollars at the height of the Great Depression.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “OK. Let’s get to work.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An academic site mentioned Mae West.
• • May 19 — 22, 1994 • •
• • Professor Andrea Ivanov-Craig, Ph.D., who wrote about Mae West in her doctoral dissertation, presented a paper — — "Funny Seduction: Mae West, Cultural Literacy, and the Rhetoric of Sex" — — during a conference organized by Rhetoric Society of America (1994 Biennial Convention) in Norfolk, VA, from May 19 — 22, 1994.  …
• • Source: Item by Azusa Pacific University’s site (Azusa, CA); published on (unknown)
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • • 
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — — 
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past thirteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,800 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3964th 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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