Mae West: Junior, a Monkey

Reporters who met MAE WEST during the 1920s and early 1930s — — before stardom cloaked her utterly — — have a refreshingly different take than those who met her as a bonafide movie queen.
• • New York Herald Tribune reporter Stanley Walker came up to see Mae West often in New York.
• • A section in Stanley Walker’s 1935 memoir discussed Mae West. This is Part 5 of 19 segments.
• • “Sex Comes to America” • •
• • a monkey named Junior and a small Chihuahua dog • •
• • Stanley Walker wrote: The other occupants of the apartment are a monkey named Junior and a small Chihuahua dog.
• • Stanley Walker wrote: An oversized bed dominates the bedroom. It is white and frilly, with a regal canopy, and stands on a dais carpeted with another white bearskin. A huge mirror is embedded inside the canopy so she can survey her famous figure as she lies outstretched in one of her favorite black lace nightgowns.
• • Mae’s Manhattan bedroom • •

• • Stanley Walker wrote: During her "Sex" and "Diamond Lil" days in New York, her bed was of carved wood with a velveteen canopy of green and gold attached to a six-pointed coronet. A tall pier glass stood opposite the foot of the bed and was adorned with a crest designed by Mae, which bore the legend, "Mae West, Sex, Diamond Lil."
• • Mae has a keen appreciation of her body • • . . .
• • This long chapter by Stanley Walker will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Chapter “Sex Comes to America” from "Mrs. Astor's Horse" written by Stanley Walker [NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 28 October 1935, 320 pages].
• • On Wednesday, 18 March 1953 • •
• • ”New Film Star” • •
• • It was on Wednesday, 18 March 1953 that folks were reading about a new motion picture based on the life story of Mae West.
• • Hollywood gossip columns announced this: Her name is Pat Morrissey. She is a 24-year-old singer with platinum blonde hair and big dark eyes. She expects soon to star in a film of the life of Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West signed a new contract with Paramount which calls for two pictures a year from her for the next four years. The actress has the option of writing her own stories, selecting her own cast, and working for a percentage of the grosses on the eight pictures, under the terms of her new deal.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It takes two to get one in trouble."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Chief Executive Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Dr. Meera Viswanathan, Head of School at Ethel Walker said: The great Mae West once noted, “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”  Surely, we want girls and women to be cosmopolitan, worldly, in the best sense of the word.  …
• • Source: Chief Executive; published on Friday, 6 March 2020
• • 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 15th 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,433rd 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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