Mae West: What I Have

MAE WEST, so often described by critics and newspaper reporters, occasionally permitted a devoted fan to come up ‘n’ see her. Michael St. John visited the Brooklyn bombshell. Read about his encounter. This is Part 7, the final first-person excerpt.
• • Mae West Relates Sexual Times to “The Saint” • •
• • “What I have between my legs . . .” • •
• • Michael St. John wrote: Mae laughed and said she did. “You’ve got to expect things like that in this business,” she reminded me. “But you can tell your readers that what I have between my legs wasn’t put there by no surgeon. All of it is the real thing.”
• • Michael St. John wrote: Mae and I talked long after the stipulated hour. And because she had enjoyed our afternoon together so much that she suggested that I call her dear friend Roddy McDowall for an interview, too.

• • Michael St. John wrote: As I left her apartment, I was in a daze. She had won my heart, my respect and I had come to understand what a real Hollywood star was supposed to represent — — everything! It was one of those magical times that made me understand why I was so fascinated with the business, and the people who make it what it is. It was an incredible lesson from a credible, well-seasoned teacher.
• • Source: St. John's Confidential File in Canyon-News (Calif.); published on Saturday, 24 October 2015.
• • On Thursday, 29 November 2018 • •
• • Until Thursday, 29 November 2018, preview tickets to the stage play “Arbus and West” are still available to subscribers.
• • The new play about Diane Arbus and Mae West, written by Stephen Sewell, will be onstage next year from 22 February 2019 — 30 March 2019 in Australia at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • On a trip Diane Arbus took to Los Angeles in 1964, Robert Brown, who by then was living there, chauffeured her to Mae West's house.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I had in mind several stories as possibilities. And between shows I secluded myself at my hotel or in my dressing room and did some real work."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Missouri event calendar mentioned Mae West.
• • Rivers Newborn Exhibit • •
• • The Corinth Library [in Corinth, MS] is hosting an exhibit of art by Rivers Newborn of Corinth through Saturday, 29 December 2018. Newborn enjoys painting the classic silver screen actors of the 1940s and 1950s, such as Jean Harlow, Mae West and Clint Eastwood. …
• • Source: Missouri event calendar; posted on Wednesday, 21 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 4094th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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