Alec Moss was interviewed for a charming piece about how MAE WEST's star was rising at Paramount. This is a short excerpt of the article that was published in The Pittsburgh Press in 1934.
• • Mae West's star rises at Paramount Pictures.• •
• • What about Mae West? You might say that Mae West is The Paramount Star. • •
• • For certainly, Mae West's name on a marquee means more to Paramount at this time than any of its other notables.
• • But aren't Mae West's pictures sexy and inimical to the morals of the community? "Absolutely not," almost shouted Mr. Alec Moss.
• • He added, "Mae West kids the very daylights out of sex. She has her audience laughing at it. She holds it up to ridicule. And, as everyone knows, the best weapon against any person or thing is laughter." . . .
• • "Anyway the screen players' private lives are their own business, to my way of looking at it. Whatever they are in private life has nothing to do with the characters they portray on the screen and vice versa," Alec Moss explained.
• • "Take Mae West, for instance," Alec Moss added. "She is an ardent Catholic [sic], going to Mass regularly. Is there any scandal about her private life? On the silver screen Mae West is not portraying Mae West but merely a character ― ― a character that, in itself, is essentially wholesome."
• • Source: The Pittsburgh Press; published on Monday, 4 June 1934.
• • On Friday, 5 October 1928 in Cornell Daily Sun • •
• • "Mae West Show Closed by Police; 57 Indicted" • •
• • New York, October 4 — The 56 members of the cast of "Pleasure Man" and Mae West its author, were indicted today by the Grand Jury ... under the penal code relating to indecent theatrical productions and will be arraigned in general sessions tomorrow.
• • The accused were taken to the West Side court after the indictments had been handed down but the hearing was adjourned at the request of District Attorney Banton.
• • Source: Article in Cornell Daily Sun, Issue 11, on Friday, 5 October 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West and her sister, Beverly,have opened a Chinese chow mein factory in Los Angeles. Of course, Beverly will actually operate the factory, but Mae's money is invested. Mae has purchased ten pure white delivery cars, and sends fine Chinese dinners on order to private homes.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Women like a man with a past — — but they prefer a man with a present.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Macleans Magazine discussed diamonds and Mae West.
• • Can You Tell Which of Her Gems Are Real? • •
• • Mae West Had Words for It • •
• • Margo Fischer wrote: Everyone knows that a diamond is the hardest known substance and the men who are trying to reproduce them agree with “Diamond Lil” Mae West’s quip on the subject.
• • Margo Fischer wrote: Said Mae, “Diamonds are the hardest substance in the world. The hardest to get and the hardest to keep.” ...
• • Source: Macleans Magazine; published on Tuesday, 1 November 1949
• • 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 • •
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