Mae West: Sniffed, Wafted

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know that Mae West appreciated how delicate her mother's smell was, for instance?
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 21 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •  
• • Mae West spoke about sex and then about her mother • •  
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West spoke about her mother: “My mother always smelled so fresh and clean, like she’d just come out of a bath. I liked to smell her bars of soap. They were perfumed, but not too much. Everything my mother did was delicate. Her perfume just wafted.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  I asked about having a photograph with her, suggesting that Paul [Novak, Mae’s devoted companion] could take it.
• • Mae West said: “I never have my photo taken with a younger woman.” • •
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  “I wish I could accommodate you, dear, but I never have my photograph taken with a younger woman,” she said.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: At Mae’s age, the category of “younger woman” included almost every woman.
• • Mae West said:  “I like to see myself in a picture — — surrounded by men.“ • •  . . .
• • 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, 10 August 1936 • •

• • Production of "Klondike Annie" starring Mae West began on Monday, 10 August 1936 and was finished by September.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "A young Mae West" is the favorite slogan for any of these kiddies, but nobody seems to realize that it takes rare talent, as well as a rare figure, to make a Mae West. And to give these girls a real chance, every Hollywood picture must be a strip act.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I ain't ice."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Daily wrote about Mae West.
• • "Mae West in September" • •
• • Motion Picture Daily wrote: Indicating Paramount's anticipation that the Mae West film will be dry cleaned sufficiently for release in the fall is a September date set aside for the picture at the Paramount here. .. .
• • Source: Motion Picture Daily; published on Tuesday, 24 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 4,536th 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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