Mae West: Sex Over-Drive

On Friday, 12 October 1973, an intriguing article was published about MAE WEST.  Celebrity interviewer Norma Lee Browning [24 November 1914 — 11 June 2001], who shared Mae's passion for spirits, psychics, and the occult, had several wonderful conversations with the movie queen during her stint as a Hollywood chronicler, 1966—1976. Let's enjoy it together.
• • Come Up and See Her Sometime: The incomparable and indestructible Mae West has written a book titled ‘’Sex Drive.” • •
• • "I've got so many teenage fans" • •
• • Mae West continued, "I've  got so many teen-age fans who send me letters sayin’ how mad they are that they couldn't see me in my latest." 
• • Norma Lee Browning added:   By that she meant in the film “Myra Breckinridge.”
• • Mae West continued,  "One 14-year-old boy even put on a white beard and a wig and sneaked in that way. I have three secretaries to answer ail my letters.  I get hundreds every week, mostly from young people I keep them all. I put them in my scrapbooks. I get letters from older people, too, but those I don’t save."
• • Young fans send her jewelry • •  . . .
• • This was Part 3. We will print another excerpt on Thursday.
• • Source: Item in Norma Lee Browning's syndicated gossip column; published on Friday, 12 October 1973.
• • On Saturday, 11 October 1930 • •

• • In the autumn of 1930, Mae West performed with the cast of "Sex" in the capital of Illinois. Invited by the Dill Pickle Club's founder John (Jack) Jones, the playwright and actress took to the stage on Saturday, 11 October 1930, and again on Saturday, 18 October 1930.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • America's most celebrated astrologer was Sydney Omar, celebrated for his life, career, predictions and his clients — — from Mae West to the Kennedy family.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Give a man a free hand and he’ll run it all over you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Chicago daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Norma Lee Browning wrote:  Rock Hudson did indeed escort Mae West to the unveiling of her wax image as "Diamond Lil" at the Movieland Wax Museum in Anaheim. The opinion of everyone there, including Jack LaRue [her first leading man] and George Raft, is that her effigy is "smashing."  . . .
• • Source: Item in Norma Lee Browning's syndicated gossip column; published on Friday, 29 December 1972
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past thirteen thirteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,800 blog posts. Wow!   
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3806th 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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