Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae West avoided alcohol and focused on being healthy, for instance?
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 23 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West said: “I always treasured my public.” • •
• • Mae West said: “Every person who ever wrote me for an autograph, or asked for an autographed picture of me, or sent me something to sign, every one of them got a genuine autograph from me. It was a lot of work, but those were my fans who were asking, and I always treasured my public.”
• • Mae West said: “My mother was a health nut and my father an athlete,” she said. “I never understood drinking alcohol. It isn’t good for your health or your looks, and it cuts down on what you are. I never wanted to cut down on what I am.”
• • Mae West said: “I never wanted to cut down on what I am.” • •
• • Mae West said: “I guess I owe my good health to my mother. In those days, if you thought like she did, they called you eccentric or odd.”
• • George Cukor said Mae West had a passion for chocolates • • . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Saturday, 12 August 1944 • •
• • According to an article in Billboard Magazine on Saturday, 12 August 1944, Mike Todd and Mae West shared the financial burden of mounting this costume drama — — $150,000, not an inconsiderable sum during the World War II era. And though she often hired inexperienced actors and actresses for the minor roles, Mae West sought out the best costume people and set designers.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Bad was good but bawdy was better for Mae West, the author of “Sex.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australia newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "My Little Chickadee" for Capitol Theatre • •
• • Stars Wrote Own Screenplay • •
• • On Thursday, 11 July 1940, The Sydney Morning Herald wrote: Together Mae West and W. C. Fields wrote the screenplay for their first co-starring picture, "My Little Chickadee," which will be screened to-morrow at the Capitol Theatre.
• • They have given themselves the respective names of "Flower Belle Lee" and "Cuthbert J. Twillie" in the film, the most part of which is devoted to their efforts to trick each other. . . .
• • Source: The Sydney Morning Herald; published on Thursday, 11 July 1940
• • 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 16th 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 4,538th 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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