Mae West: Was Insulted

MAE WEST gave various accounts about the inspiration for Diamond Lil and other particulars when she was 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 5 of 13.
• • Bad, Bad Woman: Meet Mae West, a truly remarkable woman • •
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt spoke to Mae for Modern Screen • •
• • Mae West: Was promised a doll • •
• • Hoyt wrote: But all this cajolery was no use. Mae had been insulted. Mae was going home. And because her mother adored the child and was later to sit in a theatre watching that same daughter play in "Sex," "Diamond Lil," etc., and see nothing bad about the plays, she put on her hat and coat and went home with the little girl.

• • Hoyt wrote: Some months later the mother promised Mae a doll. She could have any one she chose and together mother and daughter journeyed to the store. There were hundreds of dolls in great piles. All of them were lovely but right at the very top was a doll dressed in a lavender frock. This doll was perched precariously at the top of the pile — almost touching the ceiling.
• • Mae West: Wanted the doll on the top shelf • • ...
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt's 1933 interview will continue on our next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for May 1933.
• • On Tuesday, 25 February 1913 • •
• • The announcement that "Mae West, the comedienne" was appearing at the Grand ran in the Atlantic Journal on Tuesday, 25 February 1913.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In Mae West's newest motion picture, what many viewers will enjoy most is Mae West's rendition of the aria "My Heart Opens at the Sound of Your Voice" from the opera ''Samson and Delilah."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "You know, my audience wants me bad. I'm always sensational."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Hollywood films mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West's Next Picture • •
• • "Klondike" is the tentative title of Mae West's next picture. It has an Alaskan background.
• • Lillian Kilgannon, who plays cigarette girls in the movies, stands in for Mae West and Kilgannon's beautiful legs are used in close-ups.
• • Directors say she has the most feminine and shapely limbs in pictures. That is why Lillian's legs are used when close-ups are needed of a star's legs, that is a star whose figure may not be all that is desired by the cameraman.
• • Lillian Kilgannon wears tights and an abbreviated costume as a cigarette girl in night club sequences. And she dons a blonde wig and acts as Mae West's stand-in because she is the same height, weight and coloring. Her hair is darker.  ...
• • Source: The Boston Globe; published on Wednesday, 24 April 1935
• • 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 4,678th 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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