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 10 of 13.
• • Bad, Bad Woman: Meet Mae West, a truly remarkable woman • •
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt spoke to Mae for Modern Screen • •
• • Mae West: His ex-girlfriend, Diamond Lil, then inspired Mae • •
• • Hoyt wrote: And the man continued by saying, “Come to think of it, Mae — you look like her when you put your head down and sort of look up through your eyelashes with that hot look."
• • "Yeah?" said Mae, "Who was your friend?"
• • "They called her 'Diamond Lil'," he told Mae.
• • Hoyt wrote: According to this man, Diamond Lil was a real character of the 1890s —as beautiful as Lillian Russell and much more spectacular.
• • Hoyt wrote: Mae didn't know whether she could play an 1890s belle or not. Her mother told her she'd have to put on a lot more weight. At the time she tipped the scales at just 110 [sic].
• • Mae West: Diamond Lil must be heavier • • ...
• • Caroline Somers Hoyt's 1933 interview will continue on our next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for May 1933.
• • On Wednesday, 4 March 1936 • •
• • The flapdoodle over "Klondike Annie" was discussed in Variety's issue dated for 4 March 1936. Coverage appeared in Hollywood Citizen News on 4 March 1936 also.
• • Mae West felt that her earnings, which approximated William Randolph Hearst's stupendous salary, made him envious. Perhaps Hearst reconsidered the lost ad revenue to his publications because he ended this embargo by the end of 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • You will find Mae West at prize fights, big or small.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'll match my private life with any woman's."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Amazon book review discussed Mae West.
• • Damon Devine wrote: Tim Malachosky, despite popular belief, was not Mae West's "personal secretary for 10 years" and I have in my possession a SIGNED letter by him acknowledging this. It was considerably less time, not to mention that Mae West had several guys tending to her mail, setting up the folding chairs for her guests, etc.
• • Damon Devine added: The letter goes on to reveal that Tim Malachosky was selling copies of West's 'Mae West on Sex, Health and ESP' book mere WEEKS after her death in November 1980, at $10 a pop. ...
• • Source: Excerpt from a Mae West book review written by Damon Devine; posted on Amazon on Wednesday, 4 March 2009
• • 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 4,683rd 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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