Mae West: Thrusting

On Saturday, 18 October 1947, MAE WEST was interviewed by a London reporter.
• • "Mae West's visit gives lift to London's spirits" • •
• • "Wisecracks, diamonds — and those eyelashes enthrall her many admirers written by Bill Strutton of our London staff" • •
• • This is Part 1 of 9 segments.
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  London, whose towers and spires and endless  queues have lately been clothed in an air of  peaked pessimism, has looked up from its problems and broken into a wide delighted grin.
• • Why? Mae West, looking like the end of all  austerity, is here.
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  Fabulous Mae arrived  complete with generous curves, eight trunks of clothes, numerous  furs, and diamonds worth a quarter of  a million — — not to mention a  store of wisecracks that her  British fans have been fondly  repeating to one another over  their morning buns and coffee ever since.
• • Bill Strutton wrote:  Already her appearance among a London audience has held up a show, with staid theatre-goers mobbing her and thrusting out their programmes for her autograph.
• • Mae lives up to our Exotic Expectations • •       . . .
• • Source: Article by  Bill Strutton for The Australian Women's Weekly; published on  Saturday, 18 October 1947.
• • On Sunday, 18 September 1932 • •

• • After facing down the man who robbed her in Hollywood on mid-September 1932 in a Los Angeles courtroom, Mae was shocked and horrified to learn that stick-up-artist Harry Voiler [1891 — 1974] was released on bail in Miami during February 1934.
• • Details about Mae's recent testimony had been published in several weekend editions across the USA on Sunday, 18 September 1932. Harry Voiler, parolee. Yikes.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is now working on her new contract by the terms of which she gets $100,000 a picture.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "lt is hard to see why people who will wear next to nothing on public beaches object to nudity on the screen."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Joan Rivers mentioned Mae West.
• • Above all this story is about surviving in an industry where youth is the ultimate commodity. As she talks of nobody going to Mae West's funeral because she "outlived her fame" it is clear that Rivers is determined to avoid the same fate.
• • Source: Article in The Evening Standard [U.K.]; published on Friday, 5 September 2008
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eleven years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,700 blog posts. Wow!   
• • By the Numbers • •
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