MAE WEST gave various accounts about the inspiration for Diamond Lil and other particulars while 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 7 of 13.
• • Bad, Bad Woman: Meet Mae West, a truly remarkable woman • •
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt spoke to Mae for Modern Screen • •
• • Mae West: She wants what she wants • •
• • Hoyt wrote: And then turning to her mother, Mae West insisted, "You said I could have any doll I wanted."
• • Hoyt wrote: They finally saw it was no use trying to dissuade her. And, finally, the last two ladders were brought from the back of this Brooklyn, New York toy store and little Mae — the gal who always gets what she wants — proudly bore home the lavender-dressed doll.
• • Hoyt wrote: That vaudeville training began her theatrical career — a career that was to lead her through stock, through vaudeville into musical shows and at last to make her author, producer and star of the sensational "Sex" and "Diamond Lil" and would eventually to lead her to Hollywood and the screen in "Night After Night" and "She Done Him Wrong."
• • Photo: Mae West poses with the cast of "Sex" in 1926 • •
• • Mae West: "I'll give 'em something different." • • ...
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt's 1933 interview will continue on our next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for May 1933.
• • On Tuesday, 1 March 1927 in Olean Evening Times • •
• • "The Drag," an exposition of psychopathic conduct . . . • •
• • In their issue dated for Tuesday, 1 March 1927, The Olean Evening Times took Mae to task for "Sex" as well as "The Drag," which the reporter Virginia Swan described as "an exposition of psychopathic conduct." Was Mae West chastened after the arrest? "Sure, I know what audiences like," Mae assured the news reporters. "And when it comes in sex portrayals, I know my onions. My play is true to life. And how can anyone suppress truth?"
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Before she achieved success in her first starring picture, women had to be slim, or they were out of fashion. But Mae West has changed that.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You never hear about good women in history."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Hollywood films mentioned Mae West.
• • Modern Screen wrote: The biggest battle of the season was the battle of the false eyelashes, staged by Mae West and Alice Brady during the making of “Go West Young Man."
• • Modern Screen wrote: When Mae appeared with long eye adornment. Alice showed up with longer ones. It went on days, but Miss W. won out by the simple procedure of cutting Miss Brady's part here and there. ...
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for December 1936
• • 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 4,680th 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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