Mae West: Raunchy Lady

On Friday, 25 June 1982, an excerpt appeared from a biography of MAE WEST. This is Part 5 of 6 parts.
• • Mae West’s Reputation Remained in Her Later Years • •
• • George Eells and Stanley Musgrove discuss the legendary star • •
• • Mae West donned a pink feather boa • •
• • Eells and Musgrove wrote: What followed was one of the most cleverly orchestrated examples of promotion since the disappearance of the old-fashioned circus press agent. Mae strutted, preened and somehow managed in varying degrees to convince reporters that she was unchanged.
• • "If you didn't know me, you'd think I was twenty-six” made good copy whether reported with a straight face or tongue in cheek.
• • Eells and Musgrove wrote: And there was no denying that Mae looked twenty to thirty years younger than her calendar age.
• • Mae West is "everybody's favorite raunchy old lady” • • . . .
• • This fascinating series will be concluded tomorrow with Part 6.
• • Source: Journal Gazette [Mattoon, Illinois]; published on Friday, 25 June 1982.
• • On Friday, 26 June 1970 • •
• • "Mae West Outstrips Raquel In Broadway Film Premiere" was the headline on Friday, 26 June 1970.  A marvelous Mae-moment in Manhattan, featuring 10,000 fans.

Mae in costume, 1970

• • New York, UPI — Mae West, making her first visit to New York in 20 years (sic) for the premiere of her film "Myra Breckinridge" Tuesday night caused one of the greatest mob scenes fans have staged on Broadway in the post World War II period.
• • More than 10,000 fans, many of them in their middle teens, gathered outside the Criterion to pay homage to the septuagenarian actress in her comeback.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • On the eve of its release, Mae West's new Hollywood film, 'It Ain't No Sin,' has been banned in New York State. Officials of the Paramount Company state that this film will be recalled and considerably altered before it is released.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'd like to be on television. It would give me a chance to come up and see you some time."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Darien Library mentioned Mae West.
• • “Ahead of Her Time: The Life, Laughs and Legend of Mae West” • •
• • “Go West” with film historian Max Alvarez as he discusses the amazing life and career of the hilarious and unflappable Mae West (1893-1980). She was an actress/writer who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. Her quick-witted, sexually aggressive female characters who lived life on men’s terms. And remember: when she's good, she's very good, but when she's bad -- she's better!
• • Join Darien Library on June 11 at 7 p.m. for this unmissable event on the Zoom virtual meeting platform.  …
• • Source: Darien Library; 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 4,505th 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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