Mae West: Trademark Wriggle

Was the heavily air-brushed memoir that MAE WEST published in 1959 “scandalous”? Vanity Fair seems to think so. See if you agree. This is Part 8 of 14 segments.
• • “When I’m Bad, I’m Better” — — Mae West’s Sensational Life in Her Own Words • •
• • PBS’s Mae West: Dirty Blonde delves into the life of a savvy sexpot—but even it is not half as scandalous as West’s 1959 autobiography.
• • Mae West: I refused to appear unless . . . • •
• • Hadley Hall Meares wrote: Mae was equally underwhelmed by her first movie role, in the George Raft vehicle “Night After Night.” West refused to appear in the movie unless she could rewrite her part, and studio brass finally relented. As she walks into frame for the first time [sic] with her trademark wriggle and roll, an attendant exclaims, “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!”
• • Hadley Hall Meares wrote: “Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie,” she replies.
• • She Wants What She Wants, and She Wants Cary Grant • •
• • Mae West: I enjoyed my success • •  ...   
• • This 14-part article will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Vanity Fair; published on Tuesday, 16 June 2020.  
• • On Tuesday, 2 September 1969 • •

• • Stanley Musgrove spoke to Mae West often as she prepared for "Myra Breckinridge" and fretted about working with Michael Sarne and a much younger actress. Musgrove's diary entries on Tuesday, 2 September 1969 reveal a different side of Mae than most of her fans knew.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A thought for the day: In the movie "Klondike Annie," Mae West said, "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I saw that under the daffy California sun there had hatched out as queer an industry and as odd a collection of self-made men as ever crossed the Rockies with dollar cigars in their teeth. Power, passion to own and run, and sharp dealings made talking pictures.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Architectural Digest mentioned Mae West.
• • The Story Behind Dalí's Iconic Lips Sofas • •
• • How Mae West’s pout sparked a Surrealist sensation • •
• • Hannah Martin wrote: Around 1935, Spanish artist Salvador Dalí saw something special in the face of movie star Mae West: an apartment. In a watercolor, he turned her blonde curls into portières, her eyes into paintings, her nose into a fireplace, and her lips into a divan. The last was a furnishing so provocative that British arts patron Edward James requested a three-dimensional version.  …
• • Source: Architectural Digest; published on Monday, 2 September 2019
• • 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 4,553rd 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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