Mae West: New Numerologising

MAE WEST never learned to type and wrote longhand. Though most of her personal correspondence was typed by a secretary, Mae wrote to a stranger in 1933, Canadian graphologist Zita Lomas. This is Part 13 of 14 segments.
• • “An Open Letter to Mae West” • •
• • Mae’s extravagant tastes revealed in her penmanship • • 
• • Zita Lomas wrote: The arrangement of your letter on the front page of this section, reflects your exacting sense of form, balance, and proportion, and the wide spacing shows your extravagant tastes and love of luxury, elegance, and grandeur.
• • Mae Is Doin’ Great • •  
• • We could tell you a lot more things if we had the space. In fact, we could finish with the graphology, and then start numerologising your name and birthdate, and go on and on indefinitely.
• • But we're already afraid that our Editor is going to toss a conniption when he sees the length of this.
• • we’ll close by answering your question, Mae West • • ...
• • This very long article by Zita Lomas will be concluded on the very next post.
• • Source: The Vancouver Sun (page 4); published on Saturday, 30 December 1933.
• • Happy Birthday, Mark! • • 

Mark Desjardins

• • Happy Birthday to Mae-maven and Canadian researcher R. Mark Desjardins. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Tuesday, 27 February 1951.
• • Readers have noticed the fascinating excerpts we have posted from time to time, with his kind permission, from his manuscript "In Search of Mae West," a carefully detailed magnum opus that will be released as soon as it's completed.
• • Mark reviewed the autobiography of Guido Roberto Deiro, the step-son of Mae West, in August 2019 for The Mae West Blog.
• • Here he is, handsomely posed in Hollywood surrounded by carefully preserved Mae memorabilia.
• • Enjoy your special day, Mark!
• • On Thursday, 27 February 1936 • •
• • Joseph Breen wrote to Will Hays about Mae West and "KIondike Annie." His letter is dated for Thursday, 27 February 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Asserting that right is might, Frank Wallace today renewed his efforts to obtain a court order declaring him to be the husband of Mae West, motion picture star. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Come up and sue me some time.''
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A gay magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • “Dinah East” • •

"Dinah East" film poster

• • LGBTQ Nation journalist Katrina C. Rose wrote: At the time, one thing that everyone tried to dance around was the obvious: the movie was a thinly veiled exposition upon the rumor that a certain directionally-surnamed film star of the 1930s was actually a man — — Mae West. In the early 1970s, unlike the character of Dinah East, Mae West was still very much alive and still very capable of filing legal cease-and-desist letters and defamation actions.
• • LGBTQ Nation journalist Katrina C. Rose wrote: Whether or not the real Mae West was anything other than an over-the-hill sex-monger is subjective, but any suggestion that the made-up name “Dinah East” was not a play on the famous Hollywood icon Mae West is laughable. . . .
• • Source: LGBTQ Nation; published on Saturday, 1 February 2020
• • 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,419th 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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