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.

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