Mae West: The Survivor

On Friday, 25 June 1982, an excerpt appeared from a biography of MAE WEST. This is Part 2 of 6 parts.
• • Mae West’s Reputation Remained in Her Later Years • •
• • George Eells and Stanley Musgrove discuss the legendary star • •
• • How Mae West spent her final days • •
• • Spats with her costar, Raquel Welch, and her antics and wisecracks helped put her back In the gossip columns again. The authors also reveal how, her health falling and her reliance on longtime lover and bodyguard Paul Novak increasing, Mae West spent her final days.
• • Note: The rest of this piece is by George Eells and Stanley Musgrove.

• • Eells and Musgrove wrote: On Sunday evening, 10 February 1968, Mae's appearance on the Program of the 30th Anniversary Honorary Award Banquet of Delta Kappa Alpha marked her elevation to a new social plane.
• • Eells and Musgrove wrote: It may be true, as one of her friends observed, that acceptance was given to Mae West the character, the survivor, rather than the actress. And the friend found that sad, but if it was true, Mae was either unaware or unfazed by it.
• • Mae West’s dramatic arrival in 1968 • • . . .
• • This fascinating series will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Journal Gazette [Mattoon, Illinois]; published on Friday, 25 June 1982.
• • On Friday, 23 June 1922 in Variety • •
• • Mae West and Harry Richman performed together in Manhattan during June 1922, billing their act "Bits of Musical Comedy — — Mae West assisted by Harry Richman," and most of the material was written by The Firefly of Broadway herself.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Lots of hinterland towns have been cashing in with "for adults only" ballyhoos on the exhibition of Mae West's 'She Done Him Wrong.' The word-of-mouth has now percolated into the backwoods and the old folks, particularly the men, turn out for 'Wrong,' to good grosses.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Sex is emotion in motion."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • WITF mentioned Mae West.
• • Fred Vigeant wrote: “American Masters — Mae West: Dirty Blonde” is the first major documentary film to explore Mae West’s life and career as she “climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong” to become a writer, performer and subversive agitator for social change. . . .
• • 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 4,502nd 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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