Mae West: Conflicting Rumors

Reporters who met MAE WEST during the 1920s and early 1930s — — before stardom cloaked her utterly — — have a refreshingly different take than those who met her as a bonafide movie queen.
• • New York Herald Tribune reporter Stanley Walker came up to see Mae West often in New York.
• • A section in Stanley Walker’s 1935 memoir discussed Mae West. This is Part 11 of 19 segments.
• • “Sex Comes to America” • •
• • Jim Timony took a rosary from his pocket • •
• • Stanley Walker wrote: At the trial, Timony took a rosary from his pocket and fingered the beads in prayer. It was no use. With Miss West and Morganstern he was fined $500 and sentenced to ten days in jail.
• • Stanley Walker wrote: The private life of Miss West has been the subject of many legends and conflicting rumors. In the spring of 1935 a boondoggler in the Middle West, going through some old records, found that she had been married in 1911 to a fellow actor, Frank Wallace.
• • Stanley Walker wrote: Now, there was a Frank Wallace who played with Miss West as a singing waiter in "Diamond Lil," but he died in 1933.

• • Stanley Walker wrote: Another Frank Wallace, who said he was the original bridegroom, turned up on Broadway. He was a vaudeville actor and broke. For a few weeks he tried to cash in on the glamorous fact that he had once been the husband of Mae West, and then he dropped back into obscurity.
• • Mae West steadfastly denied it • • . . .
• • This long chapter by Stanley Walker will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Chapter “Sex Comes to America” from "Mrs. Astor's Horse" written by Stanley Walker [NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 28 October 1935, 320 pages].
• • On Wednesday, 26 March 1958 • •
• • Rock Hudson, age 32, and Mae West performed the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” together, in point style, at the 30th Annual Academy Awards on Wednesday, 26 March 1958.
• • The 1957 Academy Awards were presented at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California and broadcast on NBC-TV.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Curvaceous," the Mae West descriptive adjective coined by Blake MacVeigh of Paramount's publicity department, will be listed in the next edition of Funk and Wagnalls dictionary.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Tell the truth if it hurts, gentlemen, but don't bruise yourself badly."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on witty sayings regarding sex mentioned Mae West.
• • The Daily Mail explained: Here, Liz Rowlinson selects some of the wittiest quotations...
• • Liz Rowlinson wrote: "I know nothing about sex because I was always married." — — Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress.
• • Liz Rowlinson wrote: "Sex is emotion in motion." — — Mae West, actress.
• • Source: Article: "From Mae West to Woody Allen: Everyone has something witty to say about sex" written by Liz Rowlinson for The Daily Mail [U.K.]; published on Friday, 23 March 2007
• • 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 4,439th 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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