Mae West: No Pills

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know that Mae West refused to take pills, for instance?  
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 26 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •  
• • “Pills? I never take them,” said Mae West. • •   
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Then Mae West said:  “The next time you come, I’m gonna give you some chocolate. Have you ever eaten Ragtime chocolate? Hardly anyone does any more. I know the last place in America that still makes it, and it’s not far from here.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West indulged in one more and was reaching for a fourth when Paul firmly took the box away from her. She looked petulant, but not displeased. Clearly, she was accustomed to, and enjoyed, having him watch over her. “I like my men to be men,” she said after Paul had left the room.

• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: “Pills, I never take them,” said Mae West. “I don’t even take vitamin pills because who knows what’s in them?”
• • Mae West said:  “I'd rather stand than wrinkle my dress on a set.”  • •  . . .  
• • 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, 18 August 1935 • •
• • The Gleaner carried a story on Sunday, 18 August 1935 saying that Frank Wallace and Trixie LeMae were visiting her mother, Lena Carey.
• • "Yesterday, incidentally, was Miss West's birthday," revealed her former husband Frank Wallace to the news media, "and — — she was 42."
• • "The nerve of a brass monkey," was Mae West's response. 
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Alexander Hall directed "Goin' to Town" [1935], starring Mae West and Bert Roach was seen as one of the cowboys.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Money is a great love potion for an affair.“ 
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Queens news site mentioned Mae West.  
• • Look back at Woodhaven’s beginnings on its 185th birthday: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was • •
• • Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society wrote: Woodhaven celebrated its centennial in 1935, capped off with a giant parade down Jamaica Avenue with residents carrying a monstrously sized cake. Almost 5,000 residents and honored guests gathered in and around the Willard Theater to celebrate Woodhaven’s 100th birthday.
• • The celebration was capped off by a reading of a telegram from Mae West, who owned a house nearby on 88th Street, congratulating Woodhaven on its milestone.
• • With 15 years to go, residents of Woodhaven (and Ozone Park) have some time to plan for a 200th birthday party, but it will be hard to top Mae West for a celebrity endorsement. ...
• • Source: Queens (dot)com ;  published on Saturday, 1 August 2020
• • 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 4,542nd 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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