Mae West: Zoë Mozert

MAE WEST was the cover girl for Movie Mirror, the issue of April 1935. This sweet, blue-eyed image was the work of Zoë Mozert.
• • Movie Mirror Magazine, which lasted for eleven years (McFadden Publications, 1931-1940), put Mae on their cover more than once.
• • In the March 1934 issue of Movie Mirror, for example, fans could read the final installment of Mae West's life story penned by Harry Lang. [Mae was playful with Lang and his “interview” was pretty tame and boring.] On the 1934 cover, Mae sported a chic black wide-brimmed hat and gazed upwards with her pretty blue eyes, a romantic portrait painted by the artist M.P. McNary.
• • Zoë Mozert [27 April 1907 — 1 February 1993] • •

• • Born Alice Adelaide Moser in Colorado Springs, Zoë Mozert became an illustrator. She was also known as one of the early 20th century's most famous pin-up artists and models. To help pay her art school tuition, she also modeled.
• • Image: Zoë Mozert poses here for Earl Moran (circa 1926).
• • During her career, Zoë Mozert painted hundreds of magazine covers and movie posters.  Her paintings are best known for their pastel style and realistic depiction of women.
• • By 1950, Zoë Mozert had become one of the "big four" illustrators nationally, along with three male illustrators Rolf Armstrong, Earl Moran, and Gil Elvgren.
• • You've seen her work on the era's most famous film posters, for example, the poster for Paramount Pictures' “True Confession” starring Carole Lombard, the poster for the Howard Hughes film “The Outlaw” with Jane Russell, and, her most popular image, “Song of the Desert“ (1950).
• • On Tuesday, 30 July 1957 in The N.Y. Times • •
• • Mae West sued Hollywood Confidential Magazine for defamation and the trial began in early August 1957 in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, 30 July 1957, The N.Y. Times ran an item explaining the issues at stake. Mae submitted sworn depositions to avoid testifying in person.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The letters to Jimmie Fidler weren’t the only ones Violet Wells Norton wrote. She attempted to correspond with Mae West, but West’s publicist, Terrell De Lapp, intercepted the missive during a routine vetting of Miss West’s incoming mail. Why Mae? Apparently because Violet thought her daughter Gwendoline looked a bit like the movie star.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I like the new color [of the Mae West flotation vest]. It's so desirable. I understand they can be seen from a great distance. That's another thing we have in common."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on “She Done Him Wrong” mentioned the movie star Mae West.
• • Lou Was No Lady ... but she knew what she wanted! • •
• • Mae West stars in “She Done Him Wrong.” • •
• • Diamond-Decked Lou, the Bowery's Mistress of the Street Where Beer was a Nickel and Love Had a Price, Too! • •
• • Mae West, starring in “She Does Him Wrong” breezed into the Kentucky Theatre today and gave local film patrons an idea of what the real Mae West is like when she's starring in a play of her own authorship.
• • They had a glimpse of her in "Night After Night," but it has remained for "She Done Him Wrong” to bring out the real Mae West — — the Mae West that Broadway knows. See her picture! It's a different kind of a treat and a different kind of a thrill!
• • The film tells a vivid story of the Bowery, with Miss West, the lady known as Lou, who sings for her diamonds at Gus Jordan's Diamond Palace.
• • Mae West sings the folk-tune “Frankie and Johnny" as it has never been sung before.  ...
• • Source: The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky); published on Thursday, 9 March 1933
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,789th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: No Explicit Sex

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 13 of 13 segments, the finale.
• • Trailers • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Six trailers [i.e., coming attractions publicity] for other Mae West films available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber are included: Night After Night, I’m No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, Goin’ to Town, Every Day’s a Holiday, and My Little Chickadee.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Released in 1933, She Done Him Wrong was one of the most controversial films up to that point.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: There was no explicit sex or nudity, but it was Mae West’s liberated attitudes that made waves in Hollywood and led to tougher censorship.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Pushing boundaries, the film was both a showcase for Mae West and the death knell of suggestive content on American screens for decades to come.
• • Ratings are:
• • Film/Program Grade: A-
• • Video Grade: A-
• • Audio Grade: B+
• • Extras Grade: A
• • Dennis Seuling's review has now concluded with this post. Did you enjoy it? Tell us.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Thursday, 29 July 1954 • •
• • "Mae West Introducing Beef Cake to Night Club" • •
• • Las Vegas — Mae West, at 62 still blonde and curvaceous, made her night club debut last night by introducing "beef cake" to saloon shows. The queen of comedy sex was greeted with whistles and cheers at the Hotel Sahara as she made her comeback to big time show business with her usual shoulder and hip wiggles and risque songs. But her retinue of eight muscular men, including Dick DuBois, Mr. America of 1954, brought down the house in what Miss West called "the first bare chest act for lady customers in history.
• • "I know what to give the women," she murmured after the show. "A woman likes to look at any male body."
• • "Loves Them All" • •
• • "Muscles, big or small men — — men, men, I love them all," Mae chanted in that slurring voice that helped make her a star of stage and screen.  ...
• • Source: The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, California); published on Thursday, 29 July 1954.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West  and Jim Timony are apparently as devoted as when Mae first tackled Hollywood.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A man in the house is worth two in the street."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Great Britain mentioned Mae West's long-time lover.
• • "Paul Novak: Beach hunk who became Mae West's faithful friend" • •
• • Christopher Hawtree wrote: Among the many men who used to call by Mae West's house in Santa Monica, California, after working out on nearby Muscle Beach was a wrestler called Mr Baltimore, who has died aged 76. Otherwise known as Chester Krauser, he had been in the chorus line of West's mid-1950s nightclub act. West was 62 and had currently been involved with two other hunks from her stage act. But as West recalled, the 32-year-old Mr Baltimore "had an air of serious liveliness about him one day that I supposed conveyed his happiness at having me all alone."
• • Christopher Hawtree explained: Mr Baltimore became Paul Novak during his long liaison with Mae West. Of Polish origins, he had been born Chester Ribonsky in Baltimore, and had served in the merchant navy as a gunner in the second world war and in Korea. ...
• • Source: The Guardian [UK]; posted on Wednesday, 21 July 1999
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,788th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Conquered Hollywood

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 12 of 13 segments.
• • Audio Commentary #2 (continued) • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: As Kat Elliger observed, Mae West’s dresses were so tight that duplicates were made in a looser fit for scenes in which she had to sit down. The best fabrics were used to construct her costumes, which were all handmade.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The film made a fortune at the box office and was constantly re-booked by theaters. It’s remarkable that she conquered Hollywood in such a short time.
• • Cartoon • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The 1933 Walter Lantz / Universal Pooch the Pup cartoon She Done Him Right features a cast of dogs. Buxom Poodles is a saloon singer patterned on Mae West’s character. She sashays, wears a large hat, and a gown with a long train. The cartoon opens with an instrumental version of The Sidewalks of New York as the time period is set with amusing sight gags. A canine tenor sings My Darling Nelly, and Poodles takes the stage with Minnie the Moocher.  
• • Trailers • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review will be concluded with the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Tuesday, 28 July 1931 in NYC • •
• • An agreement between Mae West and Howard Merling (signed by both of them) acknowledged his help with background research for her novel and stage play "Babe Gordon." Additionally, there was a receipt, written by Howard Merling, noting he received the sum of $500 dollars from Mae West on Tuesday, 28 July 1931.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is perhaps the film's most wicked woman. There is no vice which she has left unsampled —that is in the films.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Reflecting on her marriage to Frank Wallace, Mae West said: "He'll always remain in the wastebasket of my memories."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by The United Press  mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West's Husband Drops Suit, Agrees to a Divorce" • •
• • "For over 30 years I have held this secret in my heart," said Frank Wallace. "I have complied with everything that Miss West wanted. She wanted a career but now I want a chance to tell my story ...."
• • Source: The United Press; rpt by The Pittsburgh Press on Sunday, 19 July 1942
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,787th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Always “On”

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 11 of 13 segments.
• • Audio Commentary #2 • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: In the second commentary, film historian Kat Ellinger notes that Mae West was an established writer and stage performer. Old traditions were broken down in the pre-code period, and West’s brand of risque humor challenged long-held taboos.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Throughout her career, Mae West guarded and embellished her own myth. She often obscured or exaggerated the truth about herself.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: She came to Paramount “fully formed.” Even though she had been accused of writing pornography, Paramount took a chance on her.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Mae was always “on.” Ten minutes elapse before Mae West makes her entrance, as the dialogue of other characters creates anticipation.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: The film was a boost to Cary Grant’s career, which hit its stride when he started appearing in screwball comedies.   
• • Audio Commentary #2 (continued) • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Tuesday, 27 July 1954 in Vegas • •
• • On Tuesday, 27 July 1954 Mae West opened at the Congo Room. This exotic night spot, inside the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, offered patrons a full supper as they watched a live performance. If you were in the audience when "The Mae West Revue" was onstage in 1954, you might have selected Broiled Fresh Colorado Brook Trout, Maitre d'Hotel, for $5.25.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Curves are coming back. Mae West says so, and after her smash hit in “She Done Him Wrong,” everyone is listening to Mae West. “Curves where the good Lord meant them to be, a slender waistline and shapely limbs make the ideal figure,”said Hollywood's newest star Mae West.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "As a rule I have most actors around me work faster than I do; they keep the pace while I take my liberties in my timing."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Mamie Van Doren mentioned Mae West.
• • Film Talk: Is there anyone you would call your mentor?
• • Mamie: Mae West was, in many ways. She was the one who went to jail for having the word ‘sex’ in a show she did in New York, she was the one who fought an entire system, and when she came to Hollywood, Mae opened the door for a lot of people. ...
• • Source:  Film Talk; published on Friday, 28 July  2017
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,786th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Diminutive Doer

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 10 of 13 segments.
• • Audio Commentary #1 (continued) • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: In her films, West’s character was always in control. She was born in 1893 into the milieu depicted in the film. Diminutive of stature, West was always super-confident, building and polishing “her brand.” She Done Him Wrong is the closest viewers will get to the real, unfiltered Mae West [sic].
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: As David Del Valle pointed out, though crippled by censorship, Mae West was still able to get away with a lot. Her Diamond Lil character is a composite of Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell [sic].
• • Dennis Seuling wrote:Mae West handpicked the cast and worked well with director Lowell Sherman, who understood this was West’s project more than the studio’s.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote:She never had a Svengali to guide her career [sic]; she was always the boss, calling the shots.  
• • Note: Jim Timony guided Mae's career.
• • Audio Commentary #2 • •  . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Wednesday, 26 July 1950 • •
• • On Wednesday, 26 July 1950 Guido Deiro, age 63, died after a long illness. He was Mae West's secret Italian husband.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West told me she had friends, long dead, who come to visit her right in her bedroom. She said, "I believe there is a hereafter."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'd rather be looked over than overlooked."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about "Sextette" (the 1961 stage play) mentioned Mae West.
• • After her leading man Alan Marshal died in Chicago, Mae tried to replace him with Tom Conway, who was no longer working regularly. He auditioned but then he declined.
• • "Sextette" moved to Detroit first, had an engagement in Ohio, then was staged in Miami Beach. After that Mae closed this stage play.
• • Usually unkind, Variety wrote: "The Edgewater was unable to sell a single theatre party for the show, and it goes down as the silo's biggest box office flop to date."    ...
• • Source: Variety; published on Wednesday, 19 July 1961
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,785th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: High Earnings

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 9 of 13 segments.
• • Mae West: Racy dialogue diluted • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: So the title was changed and some of the racy dialogue was replaced with innuendos and double entendres. Cary Grant was in his second year as a film actor. She Done Him Wrong was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.
• • Audio Commentary #1 • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: In the first commentary, film historian David Del Valle notes that She Done Him Wrong was the first film under a multi-picture deal Mae West made with Paramount.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Like Marlene Dietrich, West orchestrated her own costumes and lighting, but West also produced her own projects. “She was an astute businesswoman.”
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: By 1935, West was earning more money than Adolph Zukor, the head of Paramount. Mae West arrived in Hollywood not as an ingenue but as a big girl from a big city —New York City.
• • Audio Commentary #1 (continued) • • ...
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Monday, 23 July 1934 in Film Daily • •
• • W. C. Fields wrote: I have been approached by Mae West to consider collaborating. But I want my work to stand out individually. Besides Mae West has the wrong slant on this thing. She says she does her best writing in bed. Well, I do my best loafing there, and consider that that is the primary purpose of a bed. . . .
• • Source: Article: "W. C. Fields Talks About His Grand Passion" in Film Daily; published on Monday, 23 July 1934.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "The Heat's On" [released in the USA on 2 December 1943] was a 79-minute musical comedy starring Mae West as Fay Lawrence. Born in July 1882, Edward Earle was cast as one of Fay Lawrence's writers.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Yes, they kinda went for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Guardian mentioned Mae West.
• • The inspirations for Felicity Shagwell were Ursula Andress in Dr. No, Jane Fonda's Barbarella, and Mae West — — coming back at the men with their own sexual aggression. Talking about the film, Heather Graham varies between good Mae West lines (the message of the film is love conquers all but sex is better) and admitting she took it seriously as a love story.  . . .
• • Source: The Guardian; published on Friday, 16 July 1999
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,784th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Hollywood Handshake

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her first starrer, by Dennis Seuling, is Part 8 of 13 segments.
• • Mae West: Multi-picture deal after a cameo • •
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Bonus materials on this release include an introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, 2 audio commentaries, a period cartoon, and several theatrical trailers.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Introduction – Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne tells us that the film saved Paramount Studios from bankruptcy [sic].
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Mae West was older than other leading ladies of the period. She signed a multi-picture deal after a brief appearance in Night After Night.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: Her stage production of Diamond Lil was a great success on Broadway and on tour.
• • Dennis Seuling wrote: When Paramount purchased it, the Production Code office sent the studio a message that Diamond Lil could not be made into a film.
• • Mae West: Racy dialogue was diluted • • . . .
• • Dennis Seuling's review continues on the next post.
• • Source: The Digital Bits; published on Friday, 28 May 2021.  
• • On Sunday, 22 July 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Achieves Fame with Her Books" • •
• • In Perth, Australia, Sunday Times wrote: "Mae West is as great a favorite with a section of the world's reading public as she is with motion picture audiences, it was revealed recently on the arrival in Hollywood of the president of the company acting as her publishers.
• • Sunday Times continued: The president journeyed from his New York headquarters to present her with the first copy of the British edition of her novel, "She Done Him Wrong," and to get her signature on a contract for translation of the same book into French. The demand for Miss West's book made it necessary to start foreign translations, as well as having special editions ordered in England.
• • Sunday Times explained: "She Done Him Wrong," the novel based on Miss West's picture, which skyrocketed her to film fame, already is one of the world's best-sellers, and nearly a million copies have been sold. At present the star is at work on a new book, "How to Misbehave," and is contemplating novelising her original screen story, "I'm No Angel."  If she finds time, it is expected that she will write a novel based on her screen drama of the Naughty Nineties, "It Ain't  No Sin."
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West pockets are the device adopted by Pauline Trigere to accent Hollywood's favorite curves. Mae West pockets are distended pockets placed just above the bustline for added illusion.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I like restraint if it doesn't go too far."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article  from Adelaide, Australia appreciated the talents of Mae West.
• • "Mae West Dominates Rex Film" • •
• • Smart Lines in "I'm No Angel" • •
• • "I'm No Angel," which opened at the Rex on Saturday, is very much of a Mae West film. In fact, none of the other characters leave much impression, except in so far as they provide foils for her 'wise cracks.'
• • "atmosphere of mechanical music and raucous spruikers" • •
• • She appears in the role of a booth dancer and lion tamer in a traveling fair, the atmosphere of mechanical music and raucous spruikers being well reproduced. She appears to be entangled with a pickpocket, when he is not in gaol, and a promise that she will put her head in a lion's mouth — — made to gain a favor from the circus proprietor — — leads to her appearance in New York with the 'jaws of death' item as an attraction.
• • A young affianced society man becomes infatuated with her, but he is soon displaced by a millionaire friend who sets out originally with the object of extricating his friend from the entanglement.
• • A trial scene, in which she sues for breach of promise, is the big act of the film. She does her own cross examination, and her methods and the manner in which she discomfits the 'men in her life' who have been produced by the defence makes good comedy, and gives ample scope for her innuendo. The film ends with her happy and unrepentant. ...
• • Source: Review in The Advertiser (Adelaide); published on Monday, 16 July 1934
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
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