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.

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