Mae West: Flint Séance

It was Sunday, 25 January 1948 when MAE WEST opened the United Kingdom tour of "Diamond Lil" at the Prince of Wales Theatre on London’s West End. She’d heard of the British medium Leslie Flint [1911 – 16 April 1994] and took this opportunity to meet him. This is Part 1.
• • The Flint Séance • •

• • From “The Spirit Book” comes this: In 1948, Mae West was appearing in Diamond Lil at the Prince of Wales Theater in London. She sent a note to the British voice medium Leslie Flint asking for a sitting with him. The séance was to take place at her suite in the Savoy Hotel, after her evening performance.
• • From “The Spirit Book” comes this: Mae West’s business manager, Mr. Timony, escorted Flint to the suite. As Leslie Flint described it, “[Mae West] came over to sit beside me and we talked about her films, all of which I had seen and enjoyed. Shortly, Mr. Timony shepherded the anonymous show business gentlemen out of the apartment and I was alone with her. 
• • Soon we were discussing psychic matters • •  . . .
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Flint, Leslie: Voices in the Dark [NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1971] quoted in “The Spirit Book.”
• • On Sunday, 14 March 1937 • •
• • It was Sunday, 14 March 1937 when Mae West signed a check (number 581) from her account at California Bank to Mr. William Mutara for his salary for the week of March 14th, 1937; the amount was $24.75.
• • This check was sold to a collector for $96.00.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • An article about "Klondike Annie" (and the censorship battles over the film) was featured in Motion Picture Herald.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm a liberated woman, I did everything I wanted. And I never wanted children.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A NYC daily mentioned Mae West.
• • The N.Y. Times wrote: “Vienna Bans Mae West.”  And why?
• • The N.Y. Times wrote: 'She Done Him Wrong' Barred After a Newspaper Attack . . .
• • Source: N.Y. Times (page 21); published on Monday, 12 March 1934

• • 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 4169th 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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