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 41 of 46 parts.
• • "Mirror, Mirror, on the Ceiling: How'm I Doin’?" • •
• • Not bad, Mae, for a woman of seventy-three • •
• • Mae West: This set her aside from the others • •
• • Helen Lawrenson wrote: But Mae West was one of the first women to come out and make fun of it. This in itself set her aside from the traditional vamps—the fire-breathing succubi of her era—or from modern sex symbols, actresses like Moreau and Mercouri, to whom sex is no laughing matter.
• • Helen Lawrenson wrote: Actually, she was the first female exponent of camp—true, conscious camp (which existed long before junior pundit Susan Sontag was born), and red-hot pincers couldn’t drag the word from me, except that in Mae’s case it is le mot juste.
• • Mae West: Her art had a kinship with Julian Eltinge • • . . .
• • Helen Lawrenson's interview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Esquire; published on Saturday, 1 July 1967.
• • On Monday, 7 December 1936 in Life Magazine • •
• • The issue of December 7th, 1936 in Life Magazine featured two notable people on page 33: Mae West and Napoleon.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West starred in "Every Day's a Holiday" [1937] and Ferdinand Munier was cast as a party guest.
• • Casting agents selected Munier when they needed a jovial fat fellow with seniority or a Santa Claus type.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I don't get excited over the stock market, contract bridge — — I can't sit still long enough to play cards — — fan dancing or bust developers.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article was dedicated to Mae West.
• • “Mae West, Hollywood's Sex Symbol, Dies” • •
• • "Sex" ran for 375 performances before New York police, pressured by a Society for the Suppression of Vice, closed the play and arrested Miss West, the author and star, on a charge of corrupting the morals of youth.
• • She was convicted, served an eight-day jail term, and drew no small amount of attention. ...
• • 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 4,620th 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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