Mae West: Legend Overcrowds

“I first went to interview MAE WEST after the collapse of ‘Myra Breckinridge’ [1970]. Like almost everyone else, I was in awe of the woman,” wrote Jacoba Atlas. Let’s read her fascinating first-hand account from 1974. This is Part 5 of 19 segments.
• • Image from a Cracked Mirror • •
• • Mae West’s actions are above reproach • •
• • Jacoba Atlas wrote: Despite her “sexpot” image, Mae West’s personal actions are above reproach, not in terms of some trumped-up phony sexual morality, but the good old-fashioned “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” morality that is rarely in rich supply in Hollywood.
• • Jacoba Atlas wrote: Therefore, the sadness I felt at meeting and talking to West was not based on any personal transgression, rather it stemmed from the fact that here was this terrific woman who readily admits to her age and then turns around and insists that she is the same woman she was when she was 26.
• • With Mae West the legend overcrowds the person • • … 
• • This long profile by Jacoba Atlas will be continued on the next post.  
• • Source: Los Angeles Free Press, Volume 11, issue 517; published on Friday, 14 June 1974.
• • On Thursday, 28 April 1927 • •

• • On Thursday, 28 April 1927 The New York Times ran this article: “Mae West Departs from Workhouse.” 
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is a little undecided about doing "I'm No Angel." Aw, go ahead, Mae! All God's chillun got wings.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said (to director Henry Hathaway): "Nobody gets laughs in my pictures but me, see?" 
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article Mae West was asked to write appeared in 1927.
• • Mae West wrote: The court attendant leaned toward me and said, "Are you feeling all right, Miss West?"   I replied, "Quite all right."
• • Mae West explained: He then escorted me to the side of the courtroom, through a cage effect, …
• • Source: "How I Was Jailed for Sex" written by Mae West for Liberty Magazine; published on Saturday, 20 August 1927   
• • 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 4,462nd 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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