During fan magazine interviews, MAE WEST was often coy, guarded, or made a game of her responses. But during this rare sit-down with Hilary Lynn, the subject of sex on screen steered Mae into being more sincere. Since this Westian gem has been overlooked for 85 years, we dusted it off for you Mae-mavens. This is Part 8 of 13 segments.
• • Has Mae West a Dual Personality? • •
• • Mae West advises you to go after your man boldly, but Hollywood's smoothest gents claim she doesn't practice what she preaches. • •
• • Mae West: Don’t try to be mysterious • •
• • Hilary Lynn’s interview with Mae West: "Don't try to be a great mystery or a tragedy queen. Don't be too demure and little-girlish. And let a man know what you're thinking about once in a while. You'd be surprised how often they're thinking just the same thing!"
• • Hilary Lynn wrote: With this admonition ringing in my ears, I went to tea one day with Paul Cavanagh.
• • Hilary Lynn wrote: "Compared to the vultures and harpies who pass for ladies in fashionable society, and whom I've met in droves on both continents," said Paul Cavanagh, balancing a piece of toast and strawberry jam in mid-air and gazing into space, "Mae West is a cooing dove!"
• • Mae West: Paul Cavanagh discusses his co-star • • …
• • Modern Screen’s lengthy article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for April 1936.
• • On Sunday, 11 October 1936 • •
• • On Sunday, 11 October 1936, Los Angeles Times readers saw this intriguing news item: "Mae West's Driver Hunted." Provocative, eh?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Jayne Mansfield and the muscleman Mickey Hargitay are married. Mickey once was one of Mae's nightclub entertainers in “The Mae West Revue.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "What I'm looking for is a nice place so arranged that my sister and brother-in-law can live in entire privacy. Just as I can. That is one of the most important things in living. Privacy is conducive to friendliness."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West and her new film in 1935.
• • “Goin’ to Town” • •
• • B'nai B'rith wrote: Mae West's adventures in Goin’ to Town, which presents her in modern clothes, and up-to-date settings, start way back in the cattle country when she inherits the money of a cattle baron, and decides to go after a handsome young Englishman on whom she had an eye for some time.
• • B'nai B'rith wrote: The pursuit of the Englishman, Paul Cavanagh, leads her to Buenos Aires where the exciting and humorous horse-racing sequences take place. Then they go back to the States and Southampton, the stronghold of society. Mae West marries a handsome young society man to attain position. But the efforts of fortune hunters and the jealousy of her rivals make things hot for her until Paul Cavanagh returns to the scene to tell her that he had loved her all the time. …
• • Source: B'nai B'rith Messenger (Israel); published on Friday, 17 May 1935
• • 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 4,800 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,840th 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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