Mae West: Naughty Lady

MAE WEST is one of the bad girl actresses mentioned in a long, fascinating series. Let’s have a look. This is Part 1.
• • “This Is the Action of a Very Naughty Young Lady” • •
• • The 1930s Glamour Factory, Fear of Socialist Agitators, and “The Luther of Burbank” • •
• • Kerry McElroy wrote: There were, too, a select few American actresses who followed this model — older, established, and business-savvy or with family prestige, sexually free, and thus more able to wield some power both economically and in terms of bodily autonomy. Mae West, though also arriving in Hollywood older and as an undeniable theatre star, became far more of a global phenomenon because while she was dismissive of Hollywood’s falsities, she managed to thrive within it. From her first arrival in Hollywood, she astutely saw through the dream factory glamour mythos so frantically being spun and sold. As Mae West wrote later in her memoir, “the bite of existence did not cut into one in Hollywood, and I watched myself and others — — and held on to reality” [Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It, 1959].
• • Mae West saw through the posturing of the moguls • • . . .
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Independent Magazine; published on Sunday, 30 September 2018.
• • On Friday, 6 March 1970 • •

• • Life Magazine's issue dated for Friday, 6 March 1970 gave a back lot glimpse into the peculiar antics afoot on the set of “Myra Breckinridge,” which starred Mae West. Calvin Trillin reported that Rex Reed said their director looked like "a wolf with rabies."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Although the literary Sherlock Holmes never came to New York, actor Basil Rathbone, his great portrayer was once arrested in Manhattan.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm going to see how it seems to wake up on my ranch and hear a bird singing, for a change, instead of listening to taxis and trucks or milkmen. They say I'll be able to reach out of the window and have my orange juice. Well, we'll see." 
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about the hot-spot Garden of Allah mentioned Mae West.
• • A Look Back at Hollywood's First Legendary Party Hotel • •
• • Seth Abramovitch wrote: By 1959, the once-resplendent Garden of Allah had grown seedy and neglected. The Lytton Savings and Loan Co. bought the property for $775,000. But before it razed the spot to make room for a bank and parking lot, the seller, nightclub impresario Morris Markowitz, threw one final costume party. His wife dressed up as Nazimova, he came as Cecil B. DeMille, and a thousand revelers showed up as silent-era stars [sic] like Rudolph Valentino, Chaplin and Mae West. Nazimova's Salome — "a hothouse orchid of decadent passion!" — was projected on a screen; by midnight, the pool was filled with empty liquor bottles. A McDonald's stands on the spot today. …
• • Source: The Hollywood Reporter; published on Thursday, 9 June 2016

• • 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 4163rd 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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