Mae West: The Secret

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know why Mae West kept her soft youthful complexion into her later years, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 18 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • • 
• • Mae West's secret for soft skin • •    
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “Then you’ll keep your soft skin,” Mae said. “That’s how I kept mine. I always use baby oil. Baby oil’s good for the whole body. But the secret is it has to be warm, and you have to have a man put it on you — — all over.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West continued: “You aren’t wearing any make-up! Is it because I said you’d better come on time? Did you have to get ready in a hurry?”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “It wasn’t because I didn’t take meeting you seriously,” I said. “It’s because I never wear any make-up.”
• • Mae West asked: “You have something to hide?” • • ...
• • 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, 5 August 1913 • •
• • A review of Mae West's performance at Hammerstein's Victoria appeared in a NYC newspaper on Tuesday, 5 August 1913. The critic noted that she was appealing to the audience "by singing a repertory of 'I Don't Care' type of songs and appearing in a dazzling series of low-and-behold gowns." However, it was clear she was trying to steal the thunder from the main act, Evelyn Nesbit, and having a hard time of it.
• • Even Variety's columnist Joshua Lowe [whose critique was published on Friday, 8 August 1913] noticed how hard she was working. "Mae West sang loud enough to be distinctly heard in the rear," wrote Joshua Lowe.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Moviegoers the world over have tried to find words to describe Mae West. John Mack Brown, once a football star at Alabama, finds a vivid way of describing her by talking football language.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Jimmy Cagney is the only one in Hollywood that's got anything like my style. Animal personality. Gives them the rough stuff right out like I do."  
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture mentioned Mae West.

• • Do you know what players are winning the popularity polls this year?
• • What stars are the favorites at the box-office?
• • This box-office contest is of vital importance to the stars because their popularity and value as drawing cards are truthfully revealed.
• • The ten winners this year in the order that they finished were Marie Dressier, Will Rogers, Janet Gaynor, Eddie Cantor, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Mae West, Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford. .  . . .

• • Source: Motion Picture; published in their September 1934 issue
• • 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 4,533rd 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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