Mae West: A New Year's Gift

MAE WEST cut a record 54 years ago, using her own lyrics set to David Mallet's melody. To end this topsy-turvy year on a positive, tuneful note, Mae is going to sing it for you right now.
• • Listen to Mae West sing "My New Year's Resolution."

• • In 1966, Mae West released a rocking holiday LP, “Wild Christmas.” Though most records assembled about a dozen songs, Mae's album features just eight songs. The record was produced by David Mallet, who also created her quintessential rock album “Way Out West” during the same year.
• • Mae is accompanied again by Somebody’s Chyldren, heard on that successful Tower album.
• • Ever heard Mae sing "My New Year's Resolution"?
• • Click to hear Mae West's song: "My New Year's Resolution"
• • • • Track listing (1966) — Side A
• • "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 1:54
• • "Santa Baby" (Joan Javits, Philip Springer) – 3:06
• • "Santa Come Up to See Me" (David Allen, Dennis Trerotola) – 2:28
• • "Put the Loot in the Boot Santa" (Quint Benedetti) – 2:12
• • • • Side B
• • "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 2:46
• •  "My New Year's Resolution" (David Mallet, Mae West) – 2:45
• •  "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me" (Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius) – 2:34
 • • "With Love from Me to You" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:19
• • On Tuesday, 31 December 1935 • •
• • According to Breen's letter to Hays, dated on Tuesday, 31 December 1935, Joseph Breen's brief evaluation in his weekly written report to his boss echoed the optimism Will Hays had expressed at the project's outset: 'The Mae West picture presents a new type of characterization for the star, depending for her entertainment less on her wisecracks and more on a legitimate story and sincere characterizations’ . . ."
• • Source: Ramona Curry’s book "Too Much of a Good Thing: Mae West as Cultural Icon" [U of Minnesota Press, 1996].
• • On Thursday, 31 December 2020 • •

• • Wishing all of our readers health and happiness in the New Year: 2021. We hope you enjoyed our Mae West song surprise so much that you'll follow us next year. Will you?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In a week when the cinema laid itself out — — flat out, one might almost say — — to entertain, it must (in accuracy) be reported that no one really pulled it off except Mae West, in 1935, in "Goin' to Town."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've never seen any of Marilyn Monroe's movies but she's probably a sweet kid."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on classic films  mentioned Mae West.
• • UC Film Society Previews • •
• • Mae West, the biggest box office draw of 1933-34 whose good-humored vulgarity and frank sexuality caused the Legion of Decency to  descend on her, will appear in "She Done Him Wrong," as part of the Classic  Film Series. It will be shown in Alms 100, at  7 :30 , Friday, January 31.
• • Source: University of Cincinnati News Record; published on Friday, 31 January 1969
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,638th 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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Mae West: Cunning Power

“Diamond Lil,” a play by MAE WEST produced on Broadway in 1928, was a full 3-hour affair with a cast of 34, most of whom had non-speaking roles. Deliciously racy, with explicit sex scenes between Lil and Juarez, her 3-hour script had to be cut to shreds for its 66-minute film version.
• • In an upcoming post, the differences between the 180-minute staged melodrama and the sanitized 66-minute screen success will be discussed. Meanwhile, enjoy this assessment by Richard Brody.
• • “She Done Him Wrong” • •
• • Richard Brody wrote: Mae West displays free-spirited delight and cunning power in the comedic melodrama “She Done Him Wrong,” from 1933, set on the rowdy Bowery in the Gay Nineties, the decade of her birth. (It’s in a batch of her films released on the Criterion Channel, and it’s streaming on Amazon and other services.)

• • Richard Brody wrote:  Mae West — who wrote the play on which the film is based — flashes her regal prerogatives as Lady Lou, a high-attitude singer and a calculating collector of men and diamonds. Lou is dating the owner of the saloon (Noah Beery, Jr.) where she performs, and is also pursuing a pimp (Gilbert Roland) while her boyfriend (Owen Moore) is in jail; a shifty operator (David Landau) tries to take over the saloon, and Lou along with it, as she schemes to conquer an earnest young temperance missionary (Cary Grant) who pesters her audience.
• • Richard Brody wrote: With a tantalizing control of tempo, West sashays and quips her way through a web of crime and local politics, flaunting a carefree erotic radiance that mixes business and pleasure with gleefully feigned indifference.
• • Source: The New Yorker; posted on Thursday, 3 December 2020.
• • On Sunday, 30 December 1934 • •
• • "The High Priestess of Hokum" • •
• • On Sunday, 30 December 1934, John C. Moffitt described Mae West in his article for The Straits Times: "She's the high priestess of hokum. That's the best reason for thinking there will always be a place for her in the theatre. ..."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Picturegoer, a British publication sold in movie houses, ran a three part series: "Making Love to Mae West." Cary Grant's byline appeared on this article.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "You're never too old to become younger."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on the lore and allure of the handkerchief mentioned Mae West.
• • Writing from Edmonton, Canada, Jana G. Pruden explained: During her trial on obscenity charges in 1927, actress and sex symbol Mae West stuffed a hanky (black, because she was in mourning for her mother) into her mouth to keep from laughing at a police officer’s testimony. ...
• • Source: Article: "Hanky’s long blown image begins comeback" written by Jana G. Pruden for The Edmonton Journal; published on Friday, 30 December 2011
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,637th 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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Mae West: Love Rush

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames.  This is Part 9 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: Craig felt a rush of love • •  
• • Brian Bradley wrote: “Ya know, you’re not a bad-looking chick,” she said with a laugh, and they went on to enjoy many evenings with Craig dressing up and performing routines for her.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Craig felt a rush of love he hadn’t felt since he was a little boy who performed and impersonated others to impress his family. But this wasn’t about parental love or the novelty of playing dress-up.

• • Craig as Mae West • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: It also wasn’t about gender identity or gender expression; Craig wanted to emulate the women entertainers he adored. He wanted to imitate them, entertain like them, perform like them, and pay tribute to them.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: In ‘Outrageous Misfits’ big wigs and bigger hopes mark Craig Russell’s early encounters with Mae West.
• • Brian Bradley's book preview has now been concluded with this post. We hope you found this sneak peek fascinating. Check out his biography.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Thursday, 25 December 1919 • •
• • Cast in the successful Broadway hit "Sometime" [October 1918 — June 1919] as Mayme Dean, a vamp whose suitors always seem to decamp, Mae West was in the unusual position of putting across a few comically wistful laments in the show.
• • The 26-year-old performer was made up as a vamp, a la Theda Bara, after her appearance in Ned Wayburn's "Demitasse Revue" — — on the cover of a prestigious magazine, New York's Dramatic Mirror dated for Thursday, 25 December 1919. This was quite a front page and it has become a fabulous collector's item.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Diamonds sparkled at the home of Mae West. "Diamond Lil" justified her screen sobriquet by giving "sparklers" to her sister, brother, and father. A necklace, studded with similar stones, was the present she received in return.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about the latest nonfiction titles in print on December 2006 tackled a biography of Mae West.
• • Title under review: Mae West 'It Ain't No Sin' by biographer Simon Louvish, 492 pages
• • California critic Martin Rubin wrote: The trouble with writing a biography of someone like Mae West is that her image is not only larger than life, it's also big enough to dwarf the portrait you are trying to create.
• • Critic Martin Rubin wrote: For most of her life, unto the very brink of the grave, she was engaged in imprinting that image of the sexiest of sexy women. Every action, every word, every gesture, off screen and on, seemed to be devoted to making indelible that persona. Not to cast aspersion on the biographical skills of Simon Louvish in this intelligent, analytical study, but everywhere you go in the pages of "Mae West: 'It Ain't No Sin,'" it is hard to escape the feeling that she got there first. ...
• • Source: "The Saturday Read — — The self-creation that was Mae West" written by Martin Rubin | Special to The Los Angeles Times; published on Saturday, 23 December 2006
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,636th 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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Mae West: True Confessions

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames. This is Part 8 of 9 parts.

• • Mae West: Craig confessed • •  
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Eventually, Craig confessed — his interest, not his actions — and told Mae that he would love to explore what it would be like to wear her things and impersonate her.
• • Craig as Mae West • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: “Oh, you’re into that, are you,” Mae countered, amused and accepting.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: She was all too happy to help. That very night she helped him put on a full-skirted, silk dress from one of her nightclub acts and fitted him with a wig that she later said he could keep.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Feeling out his new transformation, he sang Mae’s song “Easy Rider” while crudely imitating her voice and gestures as she watched. Mae got a kick out of it.
• • Mae West: Craig's rush of love • • ...
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be concluded on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Sunday, 28 December 1969 • •
• • John Kobal wrote an article "Mae Queen" about movie star Mae West. The piece was published in Britain in the Sunday Times Magazine [UK] on Sunday, 28 December 1969.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Q. Did Mae West really make all those wisecracks, spontaneously, over the telephone to the thirteen editors in the nation-wide interview, or did she have rehearsals?
• • A. She did not have rehearsals. Mae's wit, both off the screen and on, is, apparently, as endless and as spectacular as her wardrobe.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Too many girls follow the line of least resistance — — but a good line is hard to resist."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: Among the famous lines she wrote and popularized were 'It isn't what you do, it's how you do it,' 'When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better' and 'Come up and see me sometime.' ...
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,635th 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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Mae West: Irresistible Taste

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames.  This is Part 7 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: Craig's desire to explore • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: It started quite innocently.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Mae had rooms full of furs, gowns, outfits, wigs, and accessories at the beach house, and in his off time he couldn’t help but explore and try a few things on, privately and alone.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: No one would have to know, he thought, but that couldn’t last.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: “I was spellbound,” he would say later of that irresistible taste of transformation. “I wasn’t Craig Eadie anymore. I was Mae West. I could walk like her. I could talk like her, and I could look like her. It all seemed like a dream but it was really happening.”
• • Mae West: Craig confessed • • ...  
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Thursday, 25 December 1919 • •
• • Cast in the successful Broadway hit "Sometime" [October 1918 — June 1919] as Mayme Dean, a vamp whose suitors always seem to decamp, Mae West was in the unusual position of putting across a few comically wistful laments in the show.
• • The 26-year-old performer was made up as a vamp, a la Theda Bara, after her appearance in Ned Wayburn's "Demitasse Revue" — — on the cover of a prestigious magazine, New York's Dramatic Mirror dated for Thursday, 25 December 1919. This was quite a front page and it has become a fabulous collector's item.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In 1970, the Asian actress Miel Saan had the good fortune to be cast in bit part in a Mae West movie, "Myra Breckinridge." The following year, Miel Saan made her last screen appearance in "Smoke" [1971] when she was 33 years old. She died in NYC in December 2000; she was 62 years old.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Every day's a holiday, Santa Claus, and the biggest and the best one is right around the corner."

• • Mae West said: "My left leg is Christmas. My right leg is Easter. Why don't you come up and visit me between the holidays?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: Miss West made her imprint with appearances, mostly starring roles, in just 10 movies in the 1930s and 1940s, including 'She Done Him Wrong' with Cary Grant and 'My Little Chickadee' with W.C. Fields.
• • UPI wrote: She also wrote and appeared in several Broadway plays, including the landmark 'Sex' and the classic 'Diamond 'Lil,' made several guest television appearances, recorded four albums and in the 1970s returned to the screen with two more movies: 'Myra Breckenridge' and 'Sextette.' ...
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,634th 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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Mae West: Confidential Chats

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames.  This is Part 6 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: Craig knew so much about Matilda West • •  
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Craig knew so much about Tillie West that he once considered writing his own book about her.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: He equally shared with Mae. He told her of his upbringing, including his adoption; the uncertainty of his parentage; and the rejection by his father. He shared his sensitive and emotional feelings more than he had with anyone.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: Mae was a good listener and came to see the real Craig, a kid in need of love and confidence, a displaced boy who yearned to belong.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: It was in that closeness that Craig admitted his interest in further exploring femininity.
• • Mae West: Craig's desire to explore • • ...
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Friday, 24 December 1937 • •
• • "NBC Bans the Name of Mae West from the Airwaves" • •
• • "Joking References to Adam-Eve Skit are Barred" • •
• • New York, Dec. 23. [AP]  Word went out from the National Broadcasting Company today to keep the name of Mae West out of all programs over which it has control.  Issued privately to 16 stations, in 12 cities, the order was designed to forestall any joking references that might be made to the widely discussed Adam and Eve sketch broadcast from Hollywood on December 12th.  
• • Although not made public, it was understood the inter-station communique said in effect:  Please watch scripts for any mention of Mae West's name and make certain that you keep it out. . . .
• • Source: Associated Press coverage rpt in The Daily Illini, published on Friday, 24 December 1937
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • “Mae West and Owney Had a Hot Romance" was a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the ex-convict bootlegger and Cotton Club owner Owney Madden, who was Mae's lover and who even escorted her to her mother's funeral in January 1930 in Queens, New York.
• • This article was written by their long-time film critic Kevin Thomas and published in The Los Angeles Times.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: Paul Novak and Dolly Dempsey, the president of her fan club, were with her when she died. A priest administered the last rites.
• • UPI wrote: Among those paying her tribute were Lucille Ball, who described the actress as 'a one-time-only character' and Anthony Quinn, who said she would 'go down in history as a special and unique woman.' ...
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,633rd 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • Craig as Mae West on a 1987 film poster • •
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Mae West: Secret Diabetic

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames.  This is Part 5 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: Shared her own insecurities • •

• • Brian Bradley wrote: For Mae, involvement with her family was a huge demonstration of trust in Craig Russell.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: She shared her own insecurities, including the fact that she had diabetes, something she painstakingly worked to hide from others; her strained relationship with her alcoholic sister Beverly; her jealousy of the sexpot actress Jayne Mansfield when she romanced the "Mae West Revue" cast-member and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay; and her continued grief over the death of her mother, Matilda, who had died in 1930.
• • Mae West: Craig knew so much about Matilda West • • ...
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Monday, 23 December 1929 in Los Angeles • •
• • Mae West took her "Diamond Lil" cast to the West Coast where she hoped to meet with Hollywood producers who would help bring the popular stage play to the silver screen. After a booking in San Francisco, Mae moved to her final California destination: Los Angeles. An article about Mae was published in The L.A. Times on Monday, 23 December 1929.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Asked about the gangster and bootlegger Owney Madden, Mae West said:  "Very sweet and very vicious."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm going to see how it feels 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 by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: Mae West died of natural causes in her elegant Hollywood apartment at the age of 87 last Saturday, three weeks following her release from Good Samaritan Hospital after treatment for a concussion suffered in a fall and a subsequent stroke. ...
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,632nd 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • with Jim Timony and family in 1934 • •
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Mae West: Mae's Insecurities

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames. This is Part 4 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: Genuine bear rugs and artificial flowers • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: The colors of her living room were white, cream, beige, gold, and pale pink, with expansive arrangements of artificial flowers, polar bear rugs, coffee tables with mirrored tops backed in gold, and ornate lamps with bare-breasted women playing lutes.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: The pièce de résistance was a nude statue of her likeness atop a white-and-gold piano. Her boudoir had mirrors everywhere, including on the ceiling. Why?
• • Brian Bradley wrote: “I like to see how I’m doin’,” Mae West told Craig Russell.
• • Mae West: Shared her own insecurities • • ...  
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Sunday, 22 December 1935 • •
• • Photographs of Mae's Los Angeles apartment were featured in the Sunday edition of The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, 22 December 1935.
• • On Sunday, 22 December 1963 • •
• • "Mae West Will Guest" • •
• • Hollywood — — Mae West will make one of her rare TV appearances when she is the guest star in an episode of Mister Ed, stated The Fresno Bee on Sunday, 22 December 1963.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Cliff Shirpser was a camera assistant for "She Done Him Wrong" starring Mae West.
• • Born in 1906 in San Francisco, he began his Tinseltown career during the silent era with the classic "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" [1921] when he was 15 years old. Shirpser was behind the camera on 188 projects in Tinseltown.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I have to tell you you're the greatest of all the funny men, Groucho. Whenever you're in L.A. come up and see me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: Two days after Miss West's death, movie tough guy George Raft, who launched her career by getting her a small role in 'Night After Night' in 1932, died of emphysema Monday.
• • UPI wrote: After the service Miss West's body will be shipped back to New York for interment in the family plot at a cemetery in Brooklyn.  ...
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,631st 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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Mae West: Private Realm

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames. This is Part 3 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: A dream come true for Craig • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Working for her was a dream come true for someone so infatuated.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Craig wasn’t punching a time card, though. He simply fell in step with her life. She consumed him.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: Morning, afternoon, night: his days were all about Mae, and in that dynamic he was given a key to the door that led to her private world. Few got to go there so intimately.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Mae West lived separate from her Santa Monica beach house in a Hollywood apartment building called the Ravenswood in Los Angeles, California. The decor of her sixth floor [number 611] residential unit was as splashy as she was.
• • Mae West: Genuine bear rugs and artificial flowers • • ...
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Sunday, 21 December 1969 • •
• • "Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Wonderful" ran the headline of a lengthy piece on Mae West in the L.A. Times's Sunday magazine section called West. It was published on 21 December 1969 and quoted her tips on staying youthful and living a happy life.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West often inspired one-liners by newsmen. In 1940, for instance, this amusing statement threaded its way down the center aisle of prime Hollywood real estate: the "In Hollywood" gossip page.
• • "Watching Mae West stroll down the avenue, I always catch myself musing on the sway of all flesh," columnist Jimmie Fidler wrote.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Beards can do one of two things for men. One type becomes very distinguished-looking and the other achieves a primitive, sexy look. What's bad about that?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: But Paul Novak on Sunday decided 'against a three-ring circus' and instead planned this afternoon's smaller private service at a replica of Old North Church at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. . . .
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • 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 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,630th 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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