Mae West: Audience Gasped

On Friday, 25 June 1982, an excerpt appeared from a biography of MAE WEST. This is Part 4 of 6 parts.
• • Mae West’s Reputation Remained in Her Later Years • •
• • George Eells and Stanley Musgrove discuss the legendary star • •
• • Mae West was a seasoned vaudevillian • •
• • Eells and Musgrove wrote: The surprised audience gasped and burst into applause before she uttered a word. Then, in a voice that was a combination of sauciness and innocence, she announced, "I've been honored many times" — — like any seasoned vaudevillian, Mae waited for her laugh — — "and for many things."
• • Eells and Musgrove wrote: Having insured her reception, she submitted to a series of biographical questions from co-chairmen Cukor and Wise, twisting her life history to conceal the seamier aspects of her career and to provide laughter.
• • With the interview completed, Mae threw a pink feather boa around her shoulders and tore into several songs that left the crowd cheering. Newspaper accounts of the evening read like love letters.
• • Mae West donned a pink feather boa • • . . .
• • This fascinating series will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Journal Gazette [Mattoon, Illinois]; published on Friday, 25 June 1982.
• • On Monday, 25 June 1956 at Idlewild Airport • •

• • When Mae West took a TWA flight from Los Angeles to New York City, her plane landed at Idlewild Airport on Monday, 25 June 1956.  She waved to fans, who were thrilled to greet her on the tarmac as she disembarked with Charles Krauser. 
• • The fight in her dressing room in Washington, DC had suddenly brought "Mr. California" into focus. The scuffle would lead to a name change to "Paul Novak."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The irrepressible Mae West told us why love can't stand the gaff in Hollywood and why she'll take her romance elsewhere.  Bad, bad news for film-land gigolos!
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Half the people in the world impersonate me.  Men, women, and even children. They put their hands on their hips or something."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • WITF mentioned Mae West.
• • Fred Vigeant wrote: Mae West possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s and still rare today. Though she was a comedian, West grappled with some of the more complex social issues of the 20th century, including race and class tensions, and imbued even her most salacious plotlines with commentary about gender conformity, societal restrictions and what she perceived as moral hypocrisy. …
• • Source: WITF; posted on Wednesday, 10 June 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,504th 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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