• • As all Mae-mavens know, her personal correspondence and even her checks were always typed. No doubt, a serious of personal assistants used a manual typewriter as part of their job. Mae admitted to Dick Cavett that she did not, in fact, type.
• • Fortunately, Mae West’s 1959 Olympia SF, on loan from the collection of Steve Soboroff, is now on display in Chicago. Let’s learn more.
• • Typewriter Tuesday: Mae West • •
• • The American Writers Museum wrote this article.
• • Mae ostensibly wrote • •
• • Of Mae West’s 13 movies — the first not released until she was 40, which seems unthinkable for old studio-era Hollywood — she ostensibly wrote (or partially rewrote) nine of them, although confusing credits have made the exact degree unclear.
• • For all that, she was the glamorous diva in nine-inch platform heels, the woman who discovered Cary Grant, an icon so beautiful that Salvador Dali created a sofa based on her lips.
• • Mae West was at her best when she was writing. We have this typewriter to thank for helping to share an unapologetic, singular voice with the world.
• • Mae West's typewriter is now on display in the Tools of the Trade exhibit [which opened June 22, 2019] at the American Writers Museum in Chicago.
• • Learn more from: American Writers Museum, 180 N. Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601.
• • Source: American Writers Museum; posted on Tuesday, 13 August 2019.
• • On Monday, 27 August 1934 • •
• • Source: Article: "Mae West Plays Santa Claus'' written by the West Coast Bureau of The Film Daily, Hollywood, for Film Daily; published on 27 August 1934.
• • The L.A. Times printed a similar item on Monday, 27 August 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A thought for the day: In the movie "Klondike Annie," Mae West said, "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The public made me what I am today — — I hope they're satisfied."
• • Mae West said: "As for my advice on what to do about the men you feel that you don't want to have anything to do with — — my advice is do nothing. Nothing at all.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Modern Screen mentioned Mae West.
• • Our special investigators have just brought to light the fact that Mae West's screen kisses are the shortest on record. Seems Mae's motto is "Leave something to the imagination."
• • Why, Mae, we didn't know you cared!
• • Source: Modern Screen, 149 Madison Avenue, New York, NY; published in the issue dated for December 1936
• • 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 15th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading,
sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not
long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently
when we completed 4,200 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4288th 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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