When Helen Lawrenson came up to see MAE WEST, Esquire's first female journalist was closing in on her sixtieth birthday and the Brooklyn bombshell was 73. A color photo by Diane Arbus flashed across the double-page-spread, hunched under half the title as if warding off a punch in the nose.
• • Enjoy her seldom seen interview. This is Part 43 of 46 parts.
• • "Mirror, Mirror, on the Ceiling: How'm I Doin’?" • •
• • Not bad, Mae, for a woman of seventy-three • •
• • Mae West: Her unique gift was for parody • •
• • Helen Lawrenson wrote: Did she take herself seriously?
• • Helen Lawrenson wrote: For a moment, one has a horrible suspicion that perhaps Mae West did.
• • Helen Lawrenson wrote: On the other hand, remembering the love scenes in her films, this is impossible.
• • Mae West: Making love or ... • • . . .
• • Helen Lawrenson's interview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Esquire; published on Saturday, 1 July 1967.
• • On Saturday, 9 December 1933 • •
• • "Church Socials Launched Mae West" • •
• • On Saturday, 9 December 1933, this syndicated column explained: Mae West concedes that she was a willful, temperamental young spitfire. She got her own way or else.
• • "I was a brazen little imp," Mae reminisces, "and could never keep out of trouble. My professional career almost came to an untimely end during the first week I went to work. Hal Clarendon was the idol of the neighborhood, and acted just about that way backstage. He had a rigid rule that nobody could enter his dressing room. He declared that would bring bad luck. One day Clarendon came back to the theater after a tough night out, and was taking a nap on a couch In his dressing room. I heard him snoring in there, making a racket. I sneaked into his room and, as he slept, I painted a red nose and mustache on his face with grease paint. You have never seen such a commotion as when he woke up. "
• • On Monday, 9 December 2013 • •
• • On Monday, 9 December 2013, Deadline reported that Bette Midler was slated to play Mae West for HBO.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Jim Corbett was cited in more than one divorce suit and in later years he was reputedly the lover of Mae West, who had a penchant for boxers in her bedroom or dressing-room.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article was dedicated to Mae West.
• • “Mae West, Hollywood's Sex Symbol, Dies” • •
• • There were other lines in the show to characterize Miss West as a brassy, jaunty woman of fun and pleasure.
• • "Your hands, your lips, your hair, your magnificent shoulders . . ." an admirer rhapsodized.
• • To which Miss West, a woman pioneer of the sexual wisecrack, responded "What're you doin' honey -- makin' love or takin' inventory?" ...
• • Source: Washington Post; published on Sunday, 23 November 1980
• • 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 4,600 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,622nd 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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