Mae West: Stamped My Foot

MAE WEST dictated a fanciful retelling of her life to her secretary Larry Lee. The material was reshaped by ghostwriter Stephen Longstreet and published as "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" in 1959. For Mae mavens interested in a factual, insightful account, The Mae West Blog recommends the riveting biographies written by Jill Watts and Emily Wortis Leider. Meanwhile, enjoy these (uncorrected) excerpts below from the pen of Mae West.
• • "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" by Mae West • •
• • Chapter 1: Take the Spotlight — — Part V • •
• • No spotlight?  I was furious! • •
• • Mae West wrote:  The orchestra played my introduction of some dance of spring. Then another. I was supposed to go out on the second introduction. But the spotlight didn't move onto me and I waited. It was dark out there except for the spotlight on the other side. The band played two more introductions. I still waited. I was furious.
• • Mae West wrote:  I shouted, "Where is my spotlight?!"
• • Mae West wrote:  A stagehand said, "Walk out, Baby Mae. He'll see you and move the spot on you."
• • Mae West wrote:  "He'd better. My father is Battling Jack."
• • Mae West wrote:  I stepped out on the stage, looked up angrily at the spotlight man in the balcony, stamping my foot. "Where is my spotlight!"
• • I stepped onstage and I stamped my foot! • •  . . .  
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The Autobiography of Mae West [N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959].
• • On Wednesday, 26 February 1936 • •
• • Hollywood Citizen News ran this article on Wednesday, 26 February 1936: "Mae West Mum in Lubitsch, Timony Debate."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Production on "Myra Breckinridge" began on Tuesday, 23 September 1969 and then  concluded on Thursday, 26 February 1970.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “All my life, casual appearing as I am, I've always double-checked and triple-checked everything.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • KPBS mentioned Mae West.
• • Podcast Episode 160: Breaking the Commandments with Pre-Code Hollywood • •
• • Celebrating the naughtiness and social grit of films that defied the Production Code • •
• • Beth Accomando wrote:  A very young Cary Grant enjoys the company of Mae West in "I'm No Angel," a film West also wrote. It screens as part of Film Geeks SD's Breaking the Commandments: Pre-Code Hollywood series at Digital Gym Cinema. . . .
• • Source: KPBS; published on Friday, 1 February 2019

• • 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 4157th 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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