MAE WEST gave various accounts about the inspiration for Diamond Lil and other particulars when she was still a Hollywood newcomer. Caroline Somers Hoyt interviewed Mae in January 1933. Her piece was published in the May issue, available to subscribers at the end of April. This is Part 1 of 13.
• • Bad, Bad Woman: Meet Mae West, a truly remarkable woman • •
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt spoke to Mae for Modern Screen • •
• • Hoyt wrote: What's she like? Well, she's different, and startling, and amazing— see for yourself.
• • When Mae West first swayed across hundreds of American screens with one hand on hip and shoulders hunched forward, folks in the audience turned to each other and said, "Oh boy, I'll bet that baby has had a past !" And, oh boy, that baby has had one, too!
• • Let's start right at the very beginning and find out how Mae West got that way — where she got that whiskey voice that Bowery walk, those smart come-backs. What, in other "woids" (that's the way Mae would say it on the stage) makes Mae West tick and how was she able to give dignified magistrates a laugh when the people of New York preferred charges against her?
• • Mae West: How it began • • ...
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt's 1933 interview will continue on our next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for May 1933.
• • On Saturday, 19 February 1927 • •
• • When Aimee Semple McPherson visited New York on Saturday, 19 February 1927, the famed evangelist insisted on visiting Texas Guinan's club.
• • Mae West was there to meet this intriguing individual with her marcel-waved hair and charismatic podium presence who dared to tell church-goers at collection time, "No coins, please."
• • The New York Times quoted Texas Guinan commenting about Aimee: "This is a woman I admire."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Authorities yesterday were investigating the apparent suicide of Ray Charles Wallace, 44, personal chauffeur for actress Mae West. His body was found Tuesday in Miss West's Cadillac limousine on a farm near Patoka, Indiana.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Modern Screen mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West Denies Report That She Is Married to Manager • •
• • Mae West is good and mad. It seems that a magazine (oh, no, not Modern Screen) printed a story which said that Mae was married to her manager and that, furthermore, he has a wooden leg, of all things.
• • To all of which Mae says: "I am not married — nor have I even selected a victim as yet!" That's that.
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for July 1933
• • 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 4,674th 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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