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 7 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 be coy. Pursue your goals like a man would • •
• • Hilary Lynn’s interview with Mae West: "Know what you want, and go after it like a man. Put your cards on the table. If you like him, tell him to come up and see you sometime. Don't be coy. Don't be elusive. You don't have to keep him guessing.”
• • Hilary Lynn wrote: Well, that was that. And as I walked away, a wiser, saner girl, hoping for an opportunity to put Mae West's educational advice into practice, Mae West called after me.
• • Hilary Lynn’s interview with Mae West: "Remember — be yourself! And laugh!" insisted Mae West. "Take it from me, the men love it.”
• • Mae West: Don’t be mysterious • • …
• • Modern Screen’s lengthy article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for April 1936.
• • On Tuesday, 8 October 1935 • •
• • "Plot to Disfigure Mae West Foiled" was an article syndicated to several papers. These threats must have been so terrifying. Jeez.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • This item ran in a fan magazine: If you can measure prosperity by the length of a person's automobile, Mae West is the wealthiest gal in the world. Mae must have been saving the money she usually invests in diamonds, for she has just stepped out with a swank Dusenberg that's almost as long as a feature picture.
• • Even on a foggy day you can see Mae for miles, for the job is all done up in white. All, that is, except the driver, who is three shades darker than Stepin Fetchit.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Women like a man with a past — — but they prefer a man with a present.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West and her new film in 1935.
• • “Goin’ to Town” • •
• • B'nai B'rith wrote: In her new starring Paramount film, "Goin’ to Town," which is the current picture at the Paramount Theatre, Mae West undergoes the strange and eventful transition from a bronco-busting cowgirl to the sweetheart of society in Southampton, without losing her poise nor her wise-cracking ability.
• • 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 ...
• • 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 4,839th 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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