Mae West: Prison Diary #6

There are many myths about MAE WEST as a prisoner — — silliness such as she drove there “in a limousine” or she arrived “carrying roses” and “accompanied by her maid.” What better way to banish the B.S. baloney than invite the Brooklyn bombshell to describe this experience in her own words. This is Part 6 of 7 segments.
• • Mae West, Sunbeam, Trips from Prison • •     
• • Island's Lady Bountiful Plans a Prison Library • • 
• • Mae West’s “panty poem” to the Warden • •
• • • "I was angry when I met him,
• • • but the fault was all his own,
• • • for he gave me funny undies
• • • that scratched me to the bone.
• • • I said, "Look here, Warden,
• • • These things I cannot wear,
• • • Just feel them," and he answered,
• • • "But that's not on the square.
• • • Not that I don't want to,
• • • But, good God, I wouldn't dare!"

• • Mae West’s Plans • • . . . 
• • Note: Stage play “Courting Mae West” covers her two Prohibition Era trials in NYC. Producers can request a copy.
• • Source: N.Y. Daily News (New York, NY); published on Thursday, 28 April 1927.
• • On Tuesday, 1 June 1999 • •
• • In VHS format, the 60-minute TV movie "Intimate Portrait: Mae West" [1999] was released on Tuesday, 1 June 1999.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West chose to be an independent woman who was comfortable with her sexuality. The political climate of the times, however, saw her open sexuality as pornographic.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The inmates were very interesting.”
• • Mae West said: "I'm often asked why I like to play seductive females. It's because virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Associated Press discussed Mae West.
• • Mae West Begins Ten Day Term in Prison • •
• • Mae West, the star and the co-author of SEX, and two negresses and two white women as fellow passengers left Jefferson Market Women's Prison today for the workhouse on Welfare Island where she will serve nine days of the ten days sentence imposed yesterday for giving an obscene performance.
• • Clarence W. Morganstern, manager of the production, and James A. Timony are serving their ten day sentences at the Tombs. ...
• • Source: Associated Press, rpt in Frederick News Post (on page 1); published on Wednesday, 20 April 1927 
• • 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 4,486th 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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