• • 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 14 of 19 segments.
• • “Sex Comes to America” • •
• • Entrance Line • •
• • Stanley Walker wrote: Miss West really became famous as a motion picture star by her entrance line in "Night After Night.”
• • Stanley Walker wrote: A hat check girl remarked, as she entered wearing more diamonds than clothes, “Goodness, what lovely diamonds." Miss West's comeback was, "Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.”
• • [Note: This was a well-worn comeback by Texas Guinan, who was supposed to get the role of Maudie Triplett.]
• • Hollywood was inclined to be snooty towards Mae West • •
• • Stanley Walker wrote: The Mae West library, of which she is proud, is a small collection of books composed entirely of the more elementary erotica and the lives of famous courtesans.
• • Mae West had little schooling • • . . .
• • 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 Sunday, 31 March 1912 • •
• • The end of March signaled the beginning of excitement down at "The Corner" [Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street]. The New York Times announced on 31 March 1912 that "Mae West and Her Boys" would take the stage at Hammerstein's Victoria.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • An auction for a rare autographed b/w still from "The Heat Is On," showing Mae West surrounded by top-hatted gentlemen in a dance number, was auctioned last year in New Hampshire by LiveAuctioneer. Mae West signed her name on it.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Mirrors — — well, I like to see how I'm doin'."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • London’s newspaper The Guardian mentioned Mae West.
• • "John Kobal, the talking pictures man" • •
• • Richard Boston wrote: John Kobal has interviewed everyone from Arletty, Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, and Joan Crawford at one end of the alphabet to Mae West and Loretta Young at the other end, with Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Katherine Hepburn, Anita Loos, Joel McCrea and almost every other Hollywood star you can think of in between.
• • Richard Boston wrote: Somehow they all managed to get plenty of words in edgeways and the result is a whole shelf of books. …
• • Source: The Guardian [U.K.]; published on Wednesday, 11 March 1987
• • 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 4,442nd 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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