Mae West: Totally Smitten

MAE WEST's Art Deco diamond bracelet, purchased by Neil Lane, has been worn on notable occasions. Imagine it lighting up your wrist as you read this.  This is Part 4 of 6 parts.
• • The Love Story Behind Mae West’s Jewels • •    
• • Goodness had everything to do with it • •
• • Mae West: Krauser became totally smitten • •        
• • Marion Fasel wrote: It was rumored that the beneficiary of the sale was Britain’s Royal Air Force. The flight crew had named their shapely inflatable life vest Mae Wests.
• • Marion Fasel wrote: During the 1950s, West had a celebrated nightclub act in Vegas. Her chorus line was filled with a magnificent cast of muscle men that included Joe Gold who went on to found Gold’s Gym, Mariska Hargitay’s father Mickey who was a Mr. Universe, along with a wrestler named Charles Krauser.

• • Marion Fasel wrote: Thirty years West’s junior, Krauser became totally smitten with the star. He pursued her relentlessly, until she finally gave in to his advances.
• • Mae West: Bequeathed her diamond jewelry to him • •  ...
• • This off-the-wall feature will continue until the sixth segment.
• • Source: The Adventurine; posted on Thursday, 15 November 2018.
• • On Sunday, 6 January 1935 • •
• • On Sunday, 6 January 1935, one day after her father had died, an interview with Mae West ran in the Sunday Dispatch. The title was "I'm an angel really — Mae West tells for the first time just what she is really like."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Paramount: Mae West Most Likely All Washed Up" was the downbeat headline in Variety Magazine in early January 1938 after the Adam and Eve skit had been on the radio.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Gee, I loved the boys. Went around with lots of them and played with them. There was a gang of us — of course, we would have fights."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Tarrytown Music Hall mentioned Mae West.
• • W.B. King wrote:  What do Miles Davis, Mae West, Taj Mahal, Arlo Guthrie, Norah Jones, Ziggy Marley, B.B. King, Joan Rivers, Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby and President Theodore Roosevelt have in common? They are among the countless artists and dignitaries who have graced the stage of The Tarrytown Music Hall over its 135-year history. ...
• • Source: Hudson Independent; published on Monday, 21 December 2020
• • 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 4,642nd 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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