Mae West: True Confessions

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames. This is Part 8 of 9 parts.

• • Mae West: Craig confessed • •  
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Eventually, Craig confessed — his interest, not his actions — and told Mae that he would love to explore what it would be like to wear her things and impersonate her.
• • Craig as Mae West • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: “Oh, you’re into that, are you,” Mae countered, amused and accepting.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: She was all too happy to help. That very night she helped him put on a full-skirted, silk dress from one of her nightclub acts and fitted him with a wig that she later said he could keep.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Feeling out his new transformation, he sang Mae’s song “Easy Rider” while crudely imitating her voice and gestures as she watched. Mae got a kick out of it.
• • Mae West: Craig's rush of love • • ...
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be concluded on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Sunday, 28 December 1969 • •
• • John Kobal wrote an article "Mae Queen" about movie star Mae West. The piece was published in Britain in the Sunday Times Magazine [UK] on Sunday, 28 December 1969.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Q. Did Mae West really make all those wisecracks, spontaneously, over the telephone to the thirteen editors in the nation-wide interview, or did she have rehearsals?
• • A. She did not have rehearsals. Mae's wit, both off the screen and on, is, apparently, as endless and as spectacular as her wardrobe.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Too many girls follow the line of least resistance — — but a good line is hard to resist."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: Among the famous lines she wrote and popularized were 'It isn't what you do, it's how you do it,' 'When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better' and 'Come up and see me sometime.' ...
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 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 4,635th 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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