• • supporting women who didn’t threaten her career • •
• • JILL WATTS: Years ago I was in correspondence with a man whose mother knew Mae West. She was just another working class woman that Mae liked and felt comfortable with because they shared similar roots. They shared things like what we would call “beauty hacks,” ways to make cheap cold cream and make-up. I also know she promoted the careers of some black women that she knew.
• • JW: On the one hand, you could argue that she was supporting women who didn’t threaten her career or Hollywood status. But on the other, she found Hollywood, in her own words “gilded” and, in rejecting its falsity, she may have also shunned female friendships in the industry.
• • where female friendships were forged • • . . .
• • This exciting interview with Prof. Jill Watts will be continued on the next post.
• • Recommended Reading: “Mae West: An Icon in Black and White” by Jill Watts [Oxford University Press; paperback edition, 2003]; 400 pages.
• • On Sunday, 23 August 1891 • •
• • Had she lived, darling little bundle of bliss Katie West would have grown up to be the older sister of Mae West. Instead Katie died in infancy. We commemorate her birth in Brooklyn to a young married couple Matilda and John West 121 years ago.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • To celebrate her birthday, (Mae was born in Bushwick on August 17, 1893), borough daughters LindaAnn LoSchiavo and Darlene Violette are putting on a performance of West’s first Broadway success, “Diamond Lil.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The public made me what I am today — — and I hope they're satisfied."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • James Rogers wrote: Other artifacts from the David Gainsborough-Roberts collection in the auction include a leather-covered make-up box that belonged to Mae West and a silver enamel compact that belonged to actress Audrey Hepburn. The make-up box has a pre-sale estimate of $1,275 to $1,912 and the compact has a pre-sale estimate of $1,912 to $3,187. . . .
• • Editors Note: Necklace in the David Gainsborough Roberts Collection — Icons of Cinema: Mae West [shown here].
• • A white paste, baguette, marquise and drop cut white paste fringe necklace with dark metal. Mae West can be seen wearing the necklace in John Tuska's book "The Films of Mae West" Citadel Press, p.184. Ex Christies. Provenance: Mae West allegedly sold one million dollars worth of diamonds to raise money for U.S. War Bonds in the 1940s, she replaced her diamonds with costume jewellery, most of which was made by Pennino, though not all of it is marked. The costume jewellery in Lots 307-317 was left by Mae West to her chauffeur who died in 1988. . . .
• • Source: Item on Fox News; published on Friday, 17 August 2018
• • 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 14th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading,
sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not
long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently
when we completed 4,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4030th 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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