Mae West: Wide and Flouncy

"An Open Letter to MAE WEST" was written by J. Eugene Chrisman, Western Editor, Motion Picture. His was a unique perspective as both an impartial journalist and yet an avowed fan. Let's take a look. This is Part 6 of 8 excerpts.   
• • Mae West: How you get to people, Mae • •
• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: We recently sent a typical Mae West hat, one of those wide, flouncy babies, back for an exhibition at Macy's in New York and word comes that it was the greatest attraction of the display. How you get to people, Mae, is nobody's business! It makes me marvel.

• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: Hollywood would like to lionize you, Mae, but you won't let them.
• • Did Mae West ever get over the hurt? • •
• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: I don't think you ever quite got over the hurt at the premiere of She Done Him Wrong and I can't blame you. You know all the answers and that's enough for me.
• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: What have you in mind for your next picture? I know you are already working on it.
• • Mae West: Would Mae like to travel to Mars? • • ...
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Motion Picture; published in their issue dated for August 1935.
• • On Friday, 12 April 1929 in The N.Y. Daily News • •
• • In her popular syndicated column "Texas Guinan Says" Texas had playfully mentioned her friend: "Mae's a good girl at heart — — but she's got a bad heart."
• • Source: The New York Daily News, on Friday, 12 April 1929.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Despite numerous protests against the "Advertising bally-hoo of Movie Trailers," I say a big bouquet to them! I should never have gone to see Mae West, Otto Kruger, Katharine Hepburn, George Arliss, and — believe it or not — Greta Garbo, were it not for one of these "coming events."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A gold rush is what happens when a line of chorus girls spot a man with a bankroll."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in a Hollywood  column discussed Mae West.
• • "Mae West Still Ahead in Her Battle with Age" • •
• • Erskine Johnson wrote: Hollywood — Mae West is still saying, "Come up and see me sometime." But the traffic isn't as heavy as it once was. It has been a long time, you know.
• • Erskine Johnson wrote: The indestructible Mae has lived for 26 years now in the same six-room apartment on the sixth floor of a fashionable apartment house not far from Hollywood and Vine . . .
• • Erskine Johnson wrote: At times, Mae is moving to a beach house she recently purchased to escape the smog. . . .
• • Source: Erskine Johnson's syndicated column, printed in Racine Journal Times Bulletin; published on 12 April 1959
• • 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 • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,710th 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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