MAE WEST had a stand-in, an Irish-American hopeful with similar coloring and a strong resemblance to the Paramount star. This is excerpted from a longer article by Gladys Hall that ran in Modern Screen.
• • Pity the Poor Stand-In Girl! • •
• • Lillian discusses what Mae West is like on the set • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: "We are only the shadows," Lillian Kilgannon said. "We stand in while the set is being lighted, sometimes for an hour or more, so that all may be in readiness for the star who may then do the scene in five minutes. Everything is set up, you see, cameras focussed, sound okay, the big scene that means more fame for the star, ready to be shot and then — we just step out. We are the shadows."
• • Gladys Hall wrote: The stand-in girls are, in a sense, ranked lower by the studio than extras. Because extras, at least, can see themselves in flashes on the screen. However, the camera has no eyes for the stand-in. The mike has no ears.
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Stand-in girls have to be the same height as the star. They must be the same build. They must have, or acquire, the same shade of hair. They wear the same make-up on set. They wear the same color and cut of gown, although their gowns will be of inferior material and workmanship.
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Stand-in girls are, nine cases out of ten, as pretty as the stars they stand-in for. Nearly as lovely as Mae West, Dietrich, Connie Bennett, Janet Gaynor. Yet unknown!
• • In this 1933 article, Gladys Hall wrote: Lillian told me she once stood in for Mae West. According to Lillian, it was on 'She Done Him Wrong.' In contrast to the way Lillian described Marlene Dietrich while filming, she said, "Mae West is the grandest sport in the world. She's always singing funny songs between scenes, and kidding with the cast. And when she works she works with a concentrated fury that is like a driving inspiration."
• • Lillian discusses how Mae West moves in her built-up shoes and tight corsets • • . . .
• • This will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for October 1933.
• • On Saturday, 27 April 1935 • •
• • Columnist Louella Parsons mused in the weekend edition of the Los Angeles Examiner on Saturday, 27 April 1935, that maybe this long-lost husband story was a publicity gimmick dreamed up by Paramount Pictures as they released "Goin' to Town" starring Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West has written a new play, and it looks as if it will bring her Hollywood career to an end — — at least for the time being. Her film contracts in Hollywood terminate shortly, and she is thinking of appearing in her play on Broadway where she was a famous star in the 'Diamond Lil' days.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on surrealism and art mentioned Mae West.
• • Charles MacArthur is having a replica made of the Mae West surrealism chair on view recently in a Fifth Avenue department store. ...
• • Source: Variety; published on Wednesday, 23 November 1938
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
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