Mae West: British Spy 007

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 8 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: A British spy bigger than 007 • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: There are some new witticisms, too.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: When her new husband Timothy Dalton turns out to be a British spy, even bigger, someone says, than 007, Marlo Manners (Mae West) sighs, "I never got a chance to take his measurements."
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: In a story on the making of the “Sextette,” one Los Angeles magazine suggested that the young producers Briggs and Sullivan had done her wrong.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: But the truth is that in “Sextette” Mae West got just what she wanted.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: At one point, for example, the script called for Marlo Manners to cry.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: She refused, explaining that "Stars don't cry." Accordingly, the objectionable scene was rewritten.
• • Mae West: No pathos • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Wednesday, 31 August 1938 • •
• • An article complimenting Mae West and applauding her newest motion picture "Every Day's a Holiday" was published in The Queenslander (Brisbane, Australia) on Wednesday, 31 August 1938.
• • On Sunday, 31 August 1969 • •
• • "Sex is an emotion in motion," Mae West told The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, 31 August 1969.
• • And that's a pretty provocative way to end a hot month, eh?  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "I'm No Angel" is doing three times the business of "She Done Him Wrong," Mae West has informed us.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I sat around for 12 weeks drawing money. I never saw a script. This wasn't for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New Zealand paper mentioned Mae West.
• • Ariel wrote: I think it was Mae West who said that her greatest nightmare was talking over the radio and thinking there was no one to listen to her. ...
• • Source: The Press; published on Saturday, 25 August 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,071st 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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Mae West: Naughty Nuptials

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 7 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: If you accept the premise • •  
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: If you accept the premise that a handsome man in his early thirties would be panting to go to bed with an 84-year-old woman, then the movie proceeds logically enough.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Before the happy pair can crawl between the satin sheets, they encounter (in no particular order) Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, George Hamilton, Dom DeLuise, George Raft, Alice Cooper, Walter Pidgeon, Mr. Universe, Mr. U.S.A., Mr. America, Mr. California, Mr. Pennsylvania.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: And there was a man (Ed Beheler) who looks so much like Jimmy Carter that even Miss Lillian might have set him down for a bowl of hominy grits.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: The bridal couple also stumble across some unforgettable double entendres from Mae's old pictures: "When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better," and the immortal witticism: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"
• • Mae West: A British spy bigger than 007 • • …  
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.   
• • On Sunday, 30 August 1970 in The L.A. Times • •
• • Joyce Haber referred to Mae West as "the Last of the Living Legends" in The Los Angeles Times Calendar on Sunday, 30 August 1970.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Ben Oakland wrote the song "Willie of the Valley" with Milton Drake [1916 — 2006] for the motion picture set in the Old West, "My Little Chickadee" [1940]. And this had a double distinction of being the only number in the movie — — and it was sung by Mae West herself.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not making a comeback. I never went away!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New York Times reviewed "The Constant Sinner," a play for the stage by Mae West that was set in Harlem.
• • The New York Times wrote: "It is underworld material from start to finish, and Miss West handles her role with surety and a sufficiency of wisecracks that provide laughter with frequency." ...
• • Source: The New York Times; published on Sunday, 30 August 1931
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,070th 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: Heathcliff Enters

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 6 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Discovering Heathcliff, a.k.a. Timothy Dalton • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: She was the one, after all, who spotted young Cary Grant and helped to make him a star in “She Done Him Wrong.”

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: None of the 1,000 potential leading men had satisfied her, however, and Mae West decided to start looking at the men in newer movies.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: When she came to the 1971 remake of Wuthering Heights, she took one look at Heathcliff, a British actor named Timothy Dalton, and yelled "Him!"
• • Note: Wuthering Heights is a 1970 film directed by Robert Fuest and starring Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton. It is based on the classic 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name.
• • Note: Like the 1939 version, it depicts only the first sixteen chapters concluding with Catherine Earnshaw Linton's death and omits the trials of her daughter, Hindley's son, and Heathcliff's son.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: The fact that Mr. Dalton [born on 21 March 1946] was half a century younger than Mae West was of absolutely no consequence.
• • Mae West: If you accept the premise • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Wednesday, 29 August 1979 • •
• • An item about Mae West's radio spot for Poland Spring appeared. Kevin Thomas wrote the article "Mae West — Testing Commercial Waters" for The Los Angeles Times; the paper ran it on Wednesday, 29 August 1979.
• • Mae West didn't need the money and rarely did things of this nature.  But with Poland Spring, she was merely endorsing a product she had personally used for years.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In the early 1890s in this country, the plump Lillian Russell type was in great demand. And Mae West — her figure may be the style of tomorrow.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It's the sex personality, it's not the words. The censors never could beat that."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Los Angeles high life mentioned Mae West.
• • "5 Historic Gardens in Los Angeles" • •
• • Mariela Patron wrote: On any given day, the Robinson estate had the power to turn into an Academy Awards after-party with stars like Mae West, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire stopping by for extravagant parties. During these gatherings a commoner's wildest dreams would come true as Charlie Chaplin practiced his athletic ability as he challenged other stars to tennis matches. ...
• • Note: Built in 1911, it was once the residence of retail giants Virginia and Harry Robinson (of the Robinson department stores) and now occupies an illustrious place in history as the first luxury estate built in Beverly Hills.
• • Source: LAist; published on Thursday, 22 August 2013
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,069th 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: Romero’s Too Old

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 5 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Promote it as "a high-camp movie for everyone." • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Now, says Co-Producer Robert Sullivan, he is looking for a distributor who will promote it nationwide as "a high-camp movie for everyone."

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Adapted from West's own [sic] script, “Sextette” has her portraying a movie sex goddess, not unlike the Mae West of 40 years ago, who has just married her sixth husband.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Sullivan and his partner, Daniel Briggs, originally suggested Cesar Romero, 71, for the part of No. 6.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: But Mae said Cesar Romero [15 February 1907 – 1 January 1994] was too old, and she auditioned 1,000 of the handsomest unknowns in Hollywood.
• • Mae West: Discovering Heathcliff, a.k.a. Timothy Dalton • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Thursday, 26 August 1954 • •

• • According to vintage newspaper ads, the roving "Mae West Revue" opened their performance schedule in Reno, Nevada starting on Thursday, 26 August 1954.  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • You are received at her apartment by Paul, La West's constant companion, champion, and confidant.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I am my severest critic, don't forget that!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about VIPs at a boxing match mentioned Mae West.
• • Louella Parsons wrote: Snapshots of Hollywood collected at random: . . . Mae West, dripping with orchids, in a ringside seat with her boyfriend, Jim Timony; B.P. Schulberg, and Sylvia Sidney on the other side of the ring; Roger Pryor and Ann Sothern, Adela Rogers and the new boyfriend, Enzo Fiermonte, Raoul Walsh, Adolph Zukor and dozens of other film celebrities, watching these bouts; ...
• • Source: Syndicated Gossip Column written by Louella Parsons rpt in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; published on Saturday, 25 August 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,068th 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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