• • Mae West Relates Sexual Times to “The Saint” • •
• • Mae asked me how old did I think she looked • •
• • Michael St. John wrote: I knew she was in her eighties; what was I supposed to say? I managed to say she looked like a woman in her forties. Well, she was horrified! She made it very clear that most people believed she still looks at least twenty-five.
• • Michael St. John wrote: My god, the woman is crazy, I thought. She looks fantastic — — but twenty-five!
• • Michael St. John wrote: When I asked Mae how she managed to look so young, she said with great pride: “I take an enema every single day of my life. After I leave the bathroom, you can go in and fry an egg.”
• • Handsome Cary Grant was a bust in bed • •
• • Michael St. John wrote: Quite early in the interview, I learned that Mae enjoyed talking about sex. She claimed that Cary Grant was a beautiful-looking man but was nothing to brag about in bed.
• • Cary Grant, said Mae, was like a piece of jewelry • • . . .
• • Source: St. John's Confidential File in Canyon-News (Calif.); published on Saturday, 24 October 2015.
• • PHOTO: Salvationist Captain Cummings [actor Cary Grant] reveals himself to be "The Hawk," the undercover detective investigating Gus Jordan's Saloon on the Bowery. The arrest scene from "She Done Him Wrong," filmed in 1932, released in 1933.
• • On Thursday, 26 November 1931 • •
• • The New York Herald Tribune reported on the intense displeasure to white Washingtonians when Mae West brought her Harlem play "The Constant Sinner" to D.C. where the local D.A. was Leo K. Rover. Leo roared about the profanity and the dances performed by the black cast. The D.A., apparently, had been telling the media he would "arrest the entire company of fifty one if another performance were given," noted the Herald Tribune on Thursday, 26 November 1931. Racism reared its nasty head.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West and diamonds were almost synonymous even before the creation of her most memorable character: Diamond Lil. ''I hadn't started out to collect diamonds, '' she said, ''but somehow they piled up on me.''
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “This is the greatest age for women. They no longer have to sit primly on a straight-backed chair with hands folded, waiting for some guy to come and make a pass at them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Los Angeles daily mentioned Mae West.
• • The Westworld Set — Home To Iconic Shoots For More Than 90 Years — Has Burned Down • •
• • David Wagner wrote: Paramount Pictures bought the land in 1927, and early Westerns starring actors like Gary Cooper quickly made use of the studio's new "movie ranch." Bob Hope, Claudette Colbert, Mae West and the Marx Brothers were among the other stars who shot there. …
• • Source: LA-ist; published on Friday, 9 November 2018
• • 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 14th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading,
sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not
long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently
when we completed 4,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4091st 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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