Mae West: Turned Tigress

“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 4 of 19 segments.
• • Image from a Cracked Mirror • •
• • Mae West answers questions with the same old answers • • 
• • Jacoba Atlas wrote: Like Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Capra, Mae West answers any question with the same answers she has given many times in the past. She is not interested in breaking new ground in interviews and certainly that is her prerogative.
• • Jacoba Atlas wrote: But where is the woman?

Mae West fantasy artwork

• • Jacoba Atlas wrote: Robert Fryer, who produced “Myra Breckinridge,“ once said of Mae West, “The only time I’ve seen her turn into a tigress is when someone knocks someone she likes. She is as loyal as a lamb.”
• • Jacoba Atlas wrote: It is true that some small-minded historian would have to pile through more quotes than Watergate has produced to find an unkind word about this woman.
• • Mae’s actions: above reproach • •  …
• • 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 Saturday, 27 April 1935 • •
• • Columnist Louella Parsons mused in the weekend edition of the Los Angeles Examiner on Saturday, 27 April 1935, that maybe this long-lost husband story was a publicity gimmick dreamed up by Paramount Pictures as they released "Goin' to Town" starring Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "She Done Him Wrong," the novel based on Miss West's picture, which skyrocketed her to film fame, already is one of the world's best-sellers, and nearly a million copies have been sold.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Frank Wallace? Never heard of the guy!!"
• • Mae West said: "I do things right because I follow what my astrologer says."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Pittsburgh daily mentioned Mae West.
• • "’Diamond Lil’ — — Final Performances, Week of April 24, 1950" • • 
• • "The Nixon Theatre Goes West with Mae's 'Diamond Lil': And the Sounds of Farewell Are Just a Little Off-Key," was the headline of Harold V. Cohen's thoughtful and poignant article  ...
• • Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; published on Tuesday, 25 April 1950
• • 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 4,461st 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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