Mae West: False Rumors

In 1967, 73-year-old MAE WEST told Helen Lawrenson (during an interview for Esquire) that “if you didn’t know how old I am, a person’d think I’m twenty-six.”  
• • Eleven years later, in 1978, Mae West would play a coquettish bride in "Sextette." Was it a good film or a misfire? Journalist Steve Palace has his own perspective. This is Part 4 of 6 parts.
• • "Sextette" — Mae West’s Last Movie Saw Her Play the Vamp in Her 80s! • •
• • Mae West: Ken Hughes fed lines to Mae • •
• • Steve Palace wrote: Ken Hughes would speak lines to West, saving her the trouble of memorizing them.
• • Steve Palace wrote: Tony Curtis made mischief in later years. He claimed the earpiece sometimes resulted in West repeating a police radio feed rather than her dialogue.

• • Steve Palace wrote: Dalton seems to have enjoyed her company. His opinion of the movie is low, but he had respect for this unlikely leading lady. He told AV Club in 2014: “her life had spanned the greatest technological upheaval in the history of human beings ever… she was fascinating in that sense to talk with."
• • Steve Palace wrote: Ringo Starr contributes to new PBS documentary ‘Mae West: Dirty Blonde’, reported on by Vanity Fair.
• • Mae West: Aching for the spotlight • • ...
• • This feature will continue until the sixth segment.
• • Source: The Vintage News; published on Tuesday, 29 September 2020.
• • On Tuesday, 14 January 1958 • •
• • "Mae West Adds to Millions" • •
• • Hollywood — — Mae West added to her millions by unloading a hunk of real estate in Hollywood. The Palladium, a new $500,000 version of the same-named landmark ballroom on Sunset Boulevard, will be built there. Miss West's Maemoirs [sic], incidentally, will be published by PrenticeHall next spring.
• • Source: Mike Connolly's Hollywood column rpt in The Desert Sun; published on Tuesday, 14 January 1958.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Sextette" is amateur filmmaking at its most delirious, complete with a rousing production-number version of “Hooray for Hollywood” ― — but Mae West herself remains indefatigably game throughout.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Homely man often have more sex appeal."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Variety mentioned Mae West (spelling her first name "May").
• • "Production Engagements" • •
• • May (sic) West, by the Shuberts for the show atop the Century Roof. ...
• • Source: Variety; published on Friday, 14 January 1921
• • 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 4,648th 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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