tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661417.post3093612858058619043..comments2024-02-11T15:41:42.795-05:00Comments on Mae West: Mae West: PunchyMae West NYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10429691535206284217noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661417.post-47635672132820760702009-05-31T17:52:59.745-04:002009-05-31T17:52:59.745-04:00As a long time reader of your blog, I am constantl...As a long time reader of your blog, I am constantly amazed at the background information you consistently manage to dig up about our favorite gal. I was looking forward to Charlotte Chandler's biography of Mae West but was very disappointed about the lack of thought or real research that was put into this book that received a major push from a respected publishing house.<br /> West certainly warms up talking about her favorite subject - herself, and it is wonderful to hear her voice throughout this book. However, to the informed Mae West fan, this voice is somewhat muted and self serving rather than being reflective. For example, when the subject of one of West's lovers is brought up, he is simply referred to a "D." Guido Deiro and West were in fact married and ample proof lies deposited in Envelope 7, Miscellaneous Letters, and Legal Documents in the collection at the Center for the Study of Free-Reed instruments at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Years earlier, In 1911, West married Frank Wallace without obtaining a divorce. No mention is ever made of West being a bigamist. <br /> From my insider knowledge of Mae West gleamed from her inner circle the last 15 years of her life, many of her fabled diamonds were from admirers. Boy did Chandler ever do her wrong!Mark Desjardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628001132987695753noreply@blogger.com