Mae West: Brains, Talent

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae felt being funny could be a drawback sometimes, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 15 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • • 
• • Mae West achieved a financial independence • •       
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: “Economic independence is as important to a woman as to a man, maybe more important,” Mae West insisted. She had achieved a kind of financial independence, which was rare for a woman, “and I’ve done it on my own, not by inheriting it, not by marrying it, and not on my back, but by using my brain and talent. Every woman has to make certain she’ll always have some change in her coin purse,” she told me.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West continued: “When you get a reputation for being funny, people start to laugh at everything you say. It makes it hard to try out your material and judge it. You ask for a cup of coffee, and people read things into that.”
• • Mae West insisted  she's not a flippant person • •  . . .    
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Wednesday, 31 July 1974 • •
• • "Sex is good for you," says Mae West. Her interview published in The Australian Women's Weekly on Wednesday, 31 July 1974 began with that provocative opening when they printed a profile of the sultry star.
• • "I've never had anything to worry about," Mae assured the Aussie reporter. "It's always been success, success, success." ...
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • • 
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day. 
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In her first film endeavor, "Night After Night," Mae West was a mild success in a meager part. Then Mae made "She Done Him Wrong." It had not played more than two or three days before the studio executives realized they had stumbled upon on a gold mine.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "She who laughs lasts."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Argus mentioned Mae West. 
• • "Marriage of Mae West — Court Order Sought" • •
• • Los Angeles, July 28 — A petition by Frank Wallace, a vaudeville performer, for an order decreeing that he and Mae West, the film star, were still man and wife, was refused by the Court today. The Court was satisfied, however, that the two had been married on April 11, 1911.  ... 

• • Source: The Argus [Australia]; published on Friday, 30 July 1937
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,530th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: X Rating

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae felt that she “invented” censorship, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 14 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • • 
• • was there more to Mae West than to Diamond Lil? • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: “You know, there’s more to Mae West than to Lil,” she said. “For Lil, happiness was sex and diamonds. For Mae West, it was work, but people don’t understand how seriously she takes it,” Mae added.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Mae West on ... Censorship: “I believe in censorship. If a picture of mine didn’t get an ‘X’ rating, I’d be insulted. Don’t forget, dear, I invented censorship. Imagine censors that wouldn’t let you sit in a man’s lap! I’ve been in more laps than a napkin. They’d get all bothered by a harmless little line like ‘Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?’”
• • Mae West achieved a financial independence • •  . . . 
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Tuesday, 30 July 1957 • •
• • Mae West sued Hollywood Confidential Magazine for defamation and the trial began in early August 1957 in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, 30 July 1957, The N.Y. Times ran an item explaining the issues at stake. Mae submitted sworn depositions to avoid testifying in person.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • • 
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day. 
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West once said, “If you got the personality, you don’t need the nudity.” But even the legendary sex symbol was well aware of the crowd-drawing appeal of sex and nudity at the Hollywood box office.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Love is the only  industry that can't operate on a five-day week."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article published in Australia revealed something special about the private life of Mae West.
• • "Mae West's Generosity" • •
• • The Mail (in Adelaide, Australia) wrote: Mae West discovered a little eating place out towards San Fernando Valley. She found it much to her liking, and went there often. Now it comes out that recently the woman who operates the place was told to vacate, because of non-payment of a mortgage. Mae West found it out, paid off what was left, and handed the deeds to the woman.
• • "Why shouldn't I?" replied Mae. "I wanted to keep on eating there, didn't I?" . . .
• • Source: The Mail; published  on Saturday, 24 July 1937
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,529th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • wearing her favorite diamond necklace in 1929 • •
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Mae West: Be Naked

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae wanted an interviewer to try on her black silk negligee, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 13 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West didn’t like to give interviews to women • •     
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Later, when she was showing me her wardrobe, she encouraged me to try on some of the clothes. I was hesitant, but she insisted I model a black peignoir.
• • “Doesn’t it make you feel sexy?” Mae West  asked.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Her words were barely spoken when she looked at me in disgust. I had put it on over my blouse and skirt. “You can’t get the feeling like that,” she explained. “You have to be naked underneath.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Perhaps Mae didn’t like to give interviews to women because she couldn’t act her part. With a woman, she had to reveal more of the private person, because she couldn’t use the time to be flirtatious or playful. “With a woman, Mae West has to be there and can’t just send Diamond Lil,” she told me.
• • was there more to Mae West than to Diamond Lil? • •  . . . 
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Thursday, 29 July 1954 • •
• • The wire services announced:  "Mae West Introducing Beef Cake to Night Club."
• • Starring in The Mae West Revue, gorgeous Dick DuBois, Mr. America of 1954, brought down the house in what Miss West called "the first bare chest act for lady customers in history."
• • "I know what to give the women," Mae West murmured after the show. "A woman likes to look at any male body."
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is looking thinner. She has told friends the loss is 11 pounds, noted an Associated Press columnist.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Jazz suited me — — I liked the beat and emotions."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Hartford daily mentioned Mae West. 
• • It will take two days of retakes and the remainder of two weeks time for the Mae West picture, once called "It Ain't No Sin" and now dubbed "That St. Louis Woman," to be re-submitted to the censor regents, before a final release is possible.
• • Rumors that the entire picture would have to be re-shot died down with the studio's definitely naming July 14, 1934 for the possible preview time.
• • Mae West has been hard hit by censor rulings since her daring and different approach to movie audiences in her first feature picture, acclaimed by the public with such a tremendous rush that she was swept to stardom in a jiffy, led to more daring treatment of her subsequent releases. If Mae West can put it over the new censor rulings, then she is the actress that her most ardent admirers say she is.  ...

• • Source: Hartford Courant; published on Saturday, 30 June 1934
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,528th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Lacy Peignoirs

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know how much Mae loved clothes and that she even collected them, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 12 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West's lacy peignoirs • •  
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Mae loved clothes and was a collector of them. Her perfectly kept gowns were not just stored but seemed to have a life of their own, rather like a row of headless ladies standing there waiting for a party to rescue them from their boredom.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: The feathered boas and lacy peignoirs looked as though they had stories to tell if I could have interviewed them, but they were forever keeping all confidences.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Mae’s final fashion show was for her best and favourite audience, preening for herself, alone.
• • Mae West didn’t like to give interviews to women • •   . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Wednesday, 28 July 1954 in Variety • •
• • Variety was awestruck by "this magnificent herd of males" and such a refreshing new concept. The article "Odds Are Sex-to-1 Mae West Makes Her Point in Las Vegas" was printed on page 3 in Variety on Wednesday, 28 July 1954.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Johnny Winter and Janis Joplin attended the premiere of "Myra Breckinridge" together.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm a single gal with a single-track mind."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • "A Little from Lots" • •
• • Ralph Wilk wrote: Charles McAvoy, who launched Mae West on the road to acting success, is in the cast of Paramount's "Murder at the Vanities." He taught the curvaceous screen star her first ditty in a Broadway theatre, when Mae was seven years old. 
• • Note: Charles McAvoy was born in NYC on 2 April 1885. He died  in Los Angeles on 20 April 1953. He was 68. In 1900, when Mae would have been 7, then Charlie would've been a lad of 15.  ...

• • Source: The Film Daily; published on  Monday, 26 February 1934
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,527th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Suggestive Walk

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know  how Mae kept her height a secret, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 11 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •  
• • Mae West, Mistress of Illusion • •   
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Always the mistress of illusion, Mae wore long dresses or flared bottom pants designed to cover her stilt-like shoes.
• • Mae West hid her stilt-like shoes • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae's shoes had the highest heels I’d ever seen, and the heels seemed higher than the shoes were long, her feet being quite small.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Edith Head [Mae’s Hollywood tailor] had speculated that it was the height of those heels that had produced Mae’s famous suggestive walk. “In those shoes it was the only way she could walk! They were so heavy it was actually difficult for her to rise from a chair,” Head said.
• • Mae West's lacy peignoirs • •   . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Sunday, 27 July 1997 • •
• • "Censorship Made Me" • •
• • N.Y. Times Book Reviewer Martha McPhee wrote: When most people, including me, think of Mae West, they think of Flower Belle Lee from ''My Little Chickadee.'' They remember a pneumatic blonde, part siren, part caricature, strutting slowly across the screen, all hips and bosom, her infamous one-liners sliding out of the corner of her mouth.
• • N.Y. Times Book Reviewer Martha McPhee added: Yet the film, made in 1940 when the actress was close to 50, came relatively late in Mae West's career, and she hated it. She hated sharing equal billing and equal screen footage with W. C. Fields, whom she found to be an obnoxious drunk.
• • N.Y. Times Book Reviewer Martha McPhee continued: Moreover, for audiences of the time, as Emily Wortis Leider tells us in ''Becoming Mae West,'' her insightful and engaging new biography of the star, Flower Belle Lee was an old number, a rehash of the character that West had spent nearly 40 years perfecting.  
• • The N.Y. Times; published on Sunday, 27 July 1997.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Frank Wallace has court action in Los Angeles to bring about a division of community property under California law against his former spouse Mae West. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Sex depends on certain positions. But kissing is good in any position."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australia daily mentioned Mae West. 
• • "Mae West  Achieves Fame With Her Books" • •
• • Sunday Times wrote: "Mae West is as great a favorite with a section of the world's reading public as she is with motion picture audiences, it was revealed recently on the arrival in Hollywood of the president of the company acting as her publishers.”  ...
• • Source: The Sunday Times (Perth, Australia); published on Sunday, 22 July 1934
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,526th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Love Potion

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae was against the idea of worrying, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 10 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West: “Money's a great love potion for affairs“ • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “Do you think money buys happiness?” I asked.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “No,” Mae West answered, “but money is a great love potion for an affair. It buys a good bed in a nice bedroom with clean linens and time to enjoy it all. If you have money, you don’t have to worry about it, and worrying spoils your looks and your sexual concentration.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  When Mae interjected one of her celebrated epigrams or aphorisms to make a point, frequently she would change from a serious tone to the sultry delivery of Diamond Lil. She was not afraid to use ungrammatical language or incorrect words to make a point, and she occasionally tossed her head so that the movement of her hair would punctuate her comments.
• • Mae West, Mistress of Illusion • •  . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Thursday, 24 July 1997 • •
• • The book "Three Plays by Mae West: Sex, The Drag, The Pleasure Man" was published on Thursday, 24 July 1997.  The book's editor was Lillian Schlissel.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • • 
• • Hollywood columnist Paul Harrison wrote:  For a woman who is so outspoken on certain subjects, and who has launched a thousand epigrams, Mae West is cautiously secretive.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "A star does not mention groceries."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australia daily mentioned Mae West. 
• • "Mae West  Achieves Fame With Her Books" • •
• • The Sunday Times explained: "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.  ...

• • Source: The Sunday Times (Perth, Australia); published on Sunday, 22 July 1934
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,525th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Very Sentimental

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why a visit to Mae's apartment revealed her sentimental side, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 9 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • • 
• • Mae West was a very sentimental woman • • 
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Her Hollywood apartment in the Ravenswood building was truly an extension of Mae West, not only reflecting her, but also enhancing her and probably inspiring her. She had put a great deal of herself into it, and in return had received a great deal back.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  The furniture was upholstered in eggshell-white silk and satin, and appeared virginal, as if it had just been moved in for my visit.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  The accumulation of memorabilia, gifts from fans she couldn’t throw away, together with treasured family souvenirs, indicated that the private Mae West was a more sentimental person than her public character pretended to be.
• • Mae West said, “Money is a great love potion for an affair.“  • • ...
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Monday, 23 July 1934 in Film Daily • •
• • “W. C. Fields Talks About His Grand Passion: A film with Mae West" • • “
• • W. C. Fields wrote: I have been approached by Mae West to consider collaborating. But I want my work to stand out individually.
• • W. C. Fields added: Besides I believe that Mae has the wrong slant on this thing. She says she does her best writing in bed. Well, I do my best loafing there and consider that that is the primary purpose of a bed. . . .
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • • 
• • King-siding at Mae's sensational nightclub debut in Las Vegas was laughing boy, Johnny Ray — — once again with his ex — — Marilyn Morrison. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I am captive to myself."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A BBC writer discussed Mae West.
• • "The good girl who found when she acted bad she was better" • •
• • BBC writer Robin Dashwood wrote:  Mae West both failed and succeeded spectacularly in her ambition. She failed in that, like most iconic figures, she created a mask for herself that never slipped;  she never stopped acting.
• • BBC writer Robin Dashwood wrote: She succeeded in that this mask seems to have been an extension of her own character.  ...

• • Source: The Times Higher Education [U.K.];  published on Friday, 21 July 2006
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,524th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Real Unreality

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know how long it took for Mae to get ready for an interview, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 8 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • “They always sent a man,” Mae West said • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  I had cost her three hours, I was told more than once, but it would have been double that if I had been a man. If she were going to see anyone at all, a man would have been preferable any day, and especially any night, she let me know.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: “They always sent a man,” Mae West said, not specifying who “they” were. “I considered spending my time with girls a waste of time, so I didn’t mingle with any.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: The only exceptions were her beloved mother and her sister Beverly. Men were the ones doing the interesting things, she said, and they were the ones who had the power to enable her to do them.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  For Mae, Hollywood had real unreality, and that was the way she liked it. To the end, she nobly resisted any assault on her fairy-tale castle.
• • Mae West was a very sentimental woman • •     . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Tuesday, 22 July 2008 • •
• • Staged in Manhattan at the Algonquin, as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival, the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship and Secrets" (based on true events) had its final and fully-booked performance on Tuesday, 22 July 2008. 
• • Sultry Yvonne Sayers portrayed the Brooklyn bombshell at odds with City Hall, the censors, and her wayward sister Beverly.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • • 
• • Mr. Baltimore became Paul Novak during his long liaison with Mae West. Of Polish origins, he had been born Chester Ribonsky in Baltimore, and had served in the merchant navy as a gunner in the second world war and in Korea.
• • Chester and Mae remained together to the end — — their union cemented by his new name. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Men and jewels are my hobby."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A BBC writer discussed Mae West.
• • "The good girl who found when she acted bad she was better" • •
• • BBC writer Robin Dashwood wrote:  Mae West was her own special creation, turning her skills as a writer to good use, carving out her own legend. From her days as a vaudeville turn, through her conquest of the Broadway stage, to her zenith as the greatest Hollywood star of the 1930s, West remained in total control, writing and performing the roles that made her a star.  ...

• • Source: The Times Higher Education [U.K.];  published on Friday, 21 July 2006
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,523rd 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: First Impressions

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why or when Mae went into “interview retirement,” for instance?
• • Here’s an intimate interview with Mae West — — first seen in 2009. This is Part 7 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West emphasized, “This is my last interview!” • •
 • • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “Am I that terrible?” I asked. “No, dear. It’s not you. You’re very nice. It’s just that I was already in retirement as far as interviews are concerned when George asked me to do him this little favour. So, I came out of interview retirement.”
• • “I came out of interview retirement” • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  She already knew all the people she wanted to know, especially in light of the many hours she felt compelled to spend on her hair, make-up and dress before she could see anyone, because of the importance she gave to first impressions. Her face was nearly hidden by its mask of make-up, but her throat and décolletage revealed strikingly fair, soft, and youthful skin.
• • “They always sent a man,” Mae West said • •  . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Friday, 21 July 1933 in Los Angeles • •
• • On Friday, 21 July 1933 a wire service photo from Wide World with an attached paper caption explained that "Mae West Blonde Stage and Screen Star Made a Sensation at the Huge Public Barbecue Given by Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz." Mae is wearing a sweet small hat in the photo, seemingly inspired by the perky paper caps worn in the 1930s by soda jerks.
• • Eugene W. Biscailuz [12 March 1883 — 16 May 1969] was the 27th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California and organized the California Highway Patrol.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • • 
• • British reporter John Lyttle wrote: Michael Sarne's line on Raquel Welch is legendary, a thing for movie buffs to quote: 'She is useful only as a joke.' The critic Rex Reed, cast as the pre-sex change Myra, was merely 'dreadful.' True, Mae West was praised, but John Huston was dismissed as an 'old hack.'
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It's got so that if a man opens a door for a lady to go through first, he's the doorman."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Santa Monica mentioned Mae West. 
• • "Santa Monica Is a Favorite Spot for Hollywood's Elite" • •
• • Jodi Summers wrote:  The road under the bluffs has always been one of the most desirable streets in town. Hollywood legend Harold Lloyd was at 443 Beach Road, Mae West at 514, Darryl Zanuck at 546, Samuel Goldwyn at 602, Harry Warner at 605/607, Louis B. Mayer and Peter Lawford at 625, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at 705, and Norma Shearer at 707. ...

• • Source: Article about Santa Monica Landmarks; published on (date unknown)

• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,522nd 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Giving It Away

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know how  Mae felt about her friends  “getting up there” in age, for instance?
• • Here’s an intimate interview with Mae West — — first seen in 2009. This is Part 6 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West said, “I don’t like to give it away free.” • •  
 • • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West was not anxious to give any interviews, especially to a woman. “I don’t have anything I want to sell, so I don’t like to give it away free.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: But she could not say no to George Cukor. She was still hoping that she would write and star in a film that he would direct. The only problem that concerned Mae was that Cukor was “getting up there in age.” That she was 86 at the time, Mae did not consider a problem.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West paused. “I want you to know, this is the last interview I’m ever gonna give.”
• • Mae West emphasized, “This is my last interview!” • •   . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Saturday, 20 July 1935 • •
• • On 20 July 1935, The Evening Capital let its readers know about an unusual evening when they printed this headline: "Mae West Dines With Gov. Nice."  Harry W. Nice [1877 — 1941] was Governor of Maryland for four years, from 1935 to 1939.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mark Voger wrote: "The Heat's On" [1943] is historically significant as Mae West's final film for 27 years. (The screen sex goddess finally returned from the desert to make ... "Myra Breckinridge.")
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I enjoyed my success with no false humility and no coy hiding of my ego under a basket.  I had worked very hard since I was a teenager."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A NYC student paper mentioned Mae West.
• • The opportunity to compare older methods with those of today, and to evaluate technical improvements is welcome to observer and critic alike. "Casablanca," Mickey Mouse, Mae West, and documentary films are all represented. ...
• • Source: Columbia Spectator; published on Friday, 14 July 1944
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,521st 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Mr. Rights

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know some of  Mae's opinions about single life, for instance?
• • Here’s an intimate interview with Mae West — — first seen in 2009. This is Part 1 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • the sound of Mae West's multi-layered false eyelashes • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Only after Mae had been speaking for a while did I realise that it was the sound of her heavily mascaraed, multi-layered false eyelashes brushing her cheeks whenever she blinked.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Our meeting had been arranged by director George Cukor, who had known Mae since the mid-1920s, when they were both working on the stage in New York.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West said this about marriage: “They used to ask me, ‘How come, Mae, you never married? Was it because you couldn’t find the right person? Because you never found Mr. Right?’ It wasn’t because I didn’t find the right man. It was because I kept finding him. I found too many Mr. Rights.”
• • Mae West said, “I don’t like to give it away free.” • •  . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Sunday, 17 July 1932 • •
• • Interviewed for The L.A. Times by California reporter Muriel Babcock,  Mae West told her, "The screen doesn't require as much acting of a certain type. The camera catches the slightest facial movements, the slightest twitch of an eye." The complete interview appeared in the weekend edition on Sunday, 17 July 1932.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Peter J. McGuinness (1888—1948), elected to the Board of Aldermen representing the 15th A.D. (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY), said he has seen very little he has really enjoyed since Marie Dressler died. Among the exceptions are Mae West's movies. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I live to live high up."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article  about the bustlinee mentioned Mae West.
• • "Bustline Back to Its Own Say the Stylists" • •
• • Dorothy Roe, Associated Press Fashion Writer, explained from her desk in New York that the American bustline comes into its own again in the previews of fall fashions being staged this week for the nations press.  
• • Mae West pockets are the device adopted by Pauline Trigere to accent Hollywood's favorite curves. Mae West pockets are distended pockets placed just above the bustline for added illusion ...

• • Source: Associated Press; published on Wednesday, 12 July 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,520th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Fluttering Sound

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know Mae believed in positive thinking and that every success began in the mind, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 4 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West said, “Everything’s in the mind.” • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “Maybe that’s what one has to believe in order to get them,” I said.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “You’re right,” she said. “You put your finger on it. Everything’s in the mind.” She touched her forehead. “That’s where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  I found myself aware of a distracting sound, something like the fluttering of the wings of little birds. Trying not to appear inattentive to what Mae West was saying, I could not resist glancing around the living room of her Hollywood apartment. But I saw no birdcages. The sound continued at frequent intervals.
• • the sound of Mae's multi-layered false eyelashes • •  . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Wednesday, 16 July 1952 in Groton, Connecticut • •
• • On Wednesday, 16 July 1952 Mae West traveled to the Groton submarine base to participate in the "debut" of the scarlet red life jackets dubbed "Mae Wests" [a flotation device]. The new color was designed to be visible from greater distances;  . . .
• • Source: The Day (New London, CT);  published  on Saturday, 16 July 2005.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Though Mae West held Bob Thompson in high esteem, they never even shook hands. "Mae West believed when you shook hands with someone, their spiritual forces could take over your being," said Paula, who trouped across the globe performing with Bob Thompson. "Mae did everything else with everyone. But she didn't shake hands."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Frank Wallace thought I said 'come up and sue me sometime.' "
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in a London newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • Christopher Hawtree wrote: According to the ragtime expert Ian Whitcomb, visitors to Mae West's apartment were always greeted at the door by an eyeball in the spyglass, then a shuffling, then Paul Novak, in blue blazer and black trousers. Novak then led visitors in to await Miss West in the sitting-room. Whitcomb thought Novak decent, kind, very shy.
• • Christopher Hawtree continued: Once Ian mentioned in print that Novak carried in some groceries. 'A star does not mention groceries,' Mae told him.  ...

• • Source: The Guardian;  published on Wednesday, 21 July 1999
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,519th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on 19 December 1948 • •
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Mae West: Daytime Diamonds

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know that Mae had both daytime and after-8pm diamonds, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 3 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West had “daytime diamonds” in her collection • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: These, she explained, were just her “daytime diamonds.” Holding out her hands she said, “Look, they’re all real. They were given to me by admirers.” Her gaze settled on my own unadorned hands. “Oh, my, you poor kid! You don’t have any!”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: For a moment she regarded me silently with amazement and pity. Then she brightened. “But you have some at home?”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  I shook my head.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Her look of deep sympathy returned. She studied me for a moment, then said encouragingly, “You could, honey. You could. But you’ve gotta try, and you’ve gotta know how to try. There’s nothing better in life than diamonds.”
• • Mae West said, “Everything’s in the mind.” • •  . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Monday, 15 July 1974 • •
• • Edward Field's poem “Mae West” was published on page 30 in The New Yorker's issue dated for the week of 15 July 1974.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Among the major Hollywood films with which screenwriter John Bright was involved are "Taxi" (1932), "The Crowd Roars" (1932), "If I Had A Million" (1932), "She Done Him Wrong" starring Mae West (1933), and others.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'd rather be looked over than overlooked."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Australia mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Rouses Ire of Victorian Women" • •
• • Movie-house manager, Mr. H. A. Kelly, said he has received mountains of fan-mail for Mae West and hundreds of requests for her photograph. "I'm No Angel" was not cut at all by the Australian censors. It created a record at the Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney.
• • "It Ain't No Sin," Mae West's latest picture, is due to arrive in Australia soon. Mr. Kelly thinks that after its ban by the New York Board of Regents the film will be entirely re-made at Hollywood.  ...

• • Source:  The Australian Women's Weekly (on page 4), published on Saturday, 7 July 1934

• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,518th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • at Madison Square Garden in 1939 • •
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Mae West: Sexy Cinderella

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae would never take pills, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 2 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • “I’m Cinderella in modern dress” • •
• • Mae West said:  “You know who Mae West is? I’m Cinderella in modern dress, and I wear high heel wedgies, cause those glass slippers are too fragile! I wouldn’t change my image for no one. I created myself.  I didn’t turn out exactly this way all at once, though I wasn’t very different when I was a little girl. But in the beginning, I did some tinkerin’.” 
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: On my arrival in the afternoon that Mae and I met, she held out her hand to me. As I took it, I scratched my palm on one of her diamond rings. All of her fingers were covered with diamonds. She wore a diamond necklace, a diamond bracelet, and a diamond anklet.
• • Mae West had “daytime diamonds” in her collection • • . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Wednesday, 14 July 1920 • •
• • Sadly, on 14 July 1920, Mae West filed for a divorce from Guido Deiro [1886 — 1950], charging him with abandonment. She had moved back with her parents, who were living in Queens.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • After finding out The Doors wrote "Light My Fire," Mae West reportedly said to Ian Whitcomb: "Well, that's one door that should be shut."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The wages of sin are sables and a film contract.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about a theatre mentioned Mae West.
• • Kelly Lincoln wrote: Before the NJPAC was the Paramount Theater. Opened in 1895 as a the Newark Vaudeville house, it was converted in 1917 by Newark's own architect, Thomas W. Lamb into a movie palace, with a neo-classical interior that became known as "adamesque."
• • Kelly Lincoln wrote: In 1932, it was renamed the Paramount. It operated as a movie house until 1 April 1986, when a 500% increase in insurance forced the 2003 seat Newark theater and the Adams theater to close.  Among the stars that trod the boards here was Mae West, according to Variety.   ...
• • Source: The Examiner; published on 28 July 2010
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,517th 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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Mae West: No Piercings

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae would never have her ears pierced, for instance?
• • Here’s an intimate interview with Mae West — — first seen in 2009. This is Part 1 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Mae West’s career began 100 years ago, long before women were expected to choose their own paths in life. Yet even as a little girl, she knew clearly what she wanted (diamonds) and who she wanted to be (a big, big star), and set out wholeheartedly to get it. She spent eight days in prison for obscenity in her play Sex (“a million dollars’ worth of publicity”), saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy (she was their number one box-office hit in the 30s), coined a slew of lewd one-liners and inspired a generation along the way.
• • AnOther's editor wrote:  Mae West famously had little time for women, yet author Charlotte Chandler secured a rare interview months before her death in 1980, and something clicked. The result was one of the most candid and entertaining interviews in history.
• • “I’m Cinderella in modern dress” • •  . . . 
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Monday, 13 July 1936 • •
• • Here Are Children’s Film Preferences • •
• • Mr. William Farr, acting manager of the British Film Institute, has compiled an analysis of juvenile taste in films. He discovered that children prefer those featuring G-men and dislike Mae West and Greta Garbo because they have never met anyone in the least like them — — and are unable to imagine that such people really exist.
• • They hate horrific films or the Frankenstein type, fighting, sudden noise and close-ups of killings and kissings.
• • Note: Mae West was excited about doing a circus theme film, “I’m No Angel,” because she thought children would be interested in the circus animals and the “Big Top” atmosphere.
• • Source: Horowhenua Chronicle [New Zealand]; published on Monday, 13 July 1936.    
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, who has not appeared in movies for a quarter of a century, will return to the screen early next year in a film version of her play — — "Sextet" — — in which she starred on stage in 1961.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Look your best — — who said love is blind?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about TCM highights discussed Mae West.
• • "Other highlights" • •
• • Cult choice. A circus performer (Mae West) and a society swell (Cary Grant) fall in love in the 1933 comedy "I'm No Angel" (8 p.m., TCM). . .

• • Source: Times Herald-Record; published on Thursday, 3 July  2014
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,516th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • boarding a train with her sister in 1934 • •
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