Mae West: Prison Diary #2

There are many myths about MAE WEST as a prisoner — — silliness such as she drove there “in a limousine” or she arrived “carrying roses” and “accompanied by her maid.” What better way to banish the useless B.S. than invite the Brooklyn bombshell to describe this experience in her own words. This is Part 2 of 7 segments.
• • Mae West, Sunbeam, Trips from Prison • •     
• • Island's Lady Bountiful Plans a Prison Library • • 
• • Mae West had a run in her silk stockings • •
• • Elenore Kellogg wrote: Only a run in the cream colored silk stockings betrayed that Mae West had been arrested, and all that sort of thing.
• • Kind Attendants • •

Mae and Warden shake hands

• • Elenore Kellogg wrote: "Like it here?" Mae West shook her head. "I was surprised. I expected it to be a great deal worse. No. I wasn't worried, for I never worry about anything. But I expected to see a lot of terrible people around cops and things who would keep reminding you that they were attendants and matrons. They treat them — — not only me — — but everybody as though they were patients rather than criminals. In fact, I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner. And I don't feel as though I'd been here more than two days.”
• • Mae West had enough material for several stage plays, she said • • . . .
• • Note: Stage play “Courting Mae West” covers her two Prohibition Era trials in NYC. Producers can request a copy.
• • Source: N.Y. Daily News (New York, NY); published on Thursday, 28 April 1927.
• • On Saturday, 26 May 1934 • •
• • A week-long series, titled "Roads of Romance" by Harry Lee and Winfield Meggs (illustrated with charming pen and ink drawings of Mae West on page 31), was printed in The Winnipeg Evening Tribune on Saturday, 26 May 1934 (and 5 other dates).
• • On Sunday, 26 May 1935 • •
• • A Singapore paper announced the latest talkie starring Mae West.
• • The Straits Times wrote: The Girl with the Hour-glass figure makes every second count! 
• • Mae West in "Belle of the Nineties" — A Paramount Picture! At the Capitol Next Week.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West reads trade magazines and a few newspapers. She has no taste for fiction, because she says she can write her own. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A syndicated columnist interviewed Mae West.
• • Mae West said this to journalist George Lait: “My play was lurid and shocking. Clerics and clergymen denounced it, critics assailed It. But people talked about it and what is more, they struggled to pay to see it and those who saw It told their friends and they came in droves," Mae reminisces.  . . .
• • Source: Syndicated content, rpt by Winona Republican Herald (Winona, MN); published on Tuesday, 12 December 1933 
• • 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 4,482nd 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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