Mae West: Schoking Sexpot

A charming article on MAE WEST appeared in Vintage News in 2017. Let’s enjoy it together.
• • Mae West did not begin her film career until she was almost 40 years old • •
• • Brad Smithfield wrote: Not every actress on the planet would have taken pride in the fact that Salvador Dalí, the greatest surrealist the world has ever known, designed a sofa inspired by her lips, known as Dalí’s West Lips Sofa. Well, that is actually what happened with the lips of the one and only Mae West, and it is a fraction of what the timeless actress left as her legacy to popular culture.
• • Schoking Meets Sexpot • •
• • Brad Smithfield wrote: Some claim that the curvy bombshell inspired the bottle of Coca-Cola, and it is a fact that there was a perfume that, indeed, took the shape of her prominent torso. It was designed in 1937, by one of the greatest rivals of Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli. The perfume was named Schoking, which is probably a good word to use to also describe a major portion of Mae West’s overall unapologetic career.
• • Mae traveled a long road • • . . .
• •This delightful article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Article by Brad Smithfield for The Vintage News; published on Saturday, 27 May 2017.
• • On Thursday, 26 December 1946 in The N.Y. Times • •
• • Bosley Crowther wrote an obituary: "W.C. Fields, 66, Dies; Famed as Comedian." A former vaudeville artist, W.C. Fields was Mae's co-star in 1940.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • The ageless Mae West has just released a rock 'n' roll album for the holidays. It is called "Wild Christmas" and features her own version of "Santa Baby" (featuring the Westian twist on lyrics).
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Milwaukee Sentinel discussed Mae West, who was then appearing onstage in "Come On Up" during the Christmas holidays, delighting her Midwest fan base.
• • "When She Whips 'em Off" • •
• • The Milwaukee Sentinel wrote: "It cannot be said that 'Come On Up' is not on the corny side, but it is cheerful, crude, well-plowed corn, grown that way on purpose.  Many women in the audience giggled delightedly ... Miss West's wisecracks are good in spots and almost always seem to be funny when she whips them off."
• • Source: Review in The Milwaukee Sentinel; published on Thursday, 26 December 1946
• • 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 4,100 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4113th 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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