Mae West: Wrote the First

"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 2 of 8 excerpts.   
• • Mae West: I've been to the fights with you • •
• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: You see I KNEW, even before your arrival, how you would WOW them out here.
• • Chrisman wrote the first Mae West story for a fan magazine • •
• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: I wrote the very first story about you to appear in a movie magazine and I'd hate to tell you, Mae, how many stories I've written about you since — you'd no doubt faint, if I did tell you.

• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: I've been to the fights with you. Do you recall the night we went to see The Drunkard and then had the chauffeur drive up and down the Boulevard while you and Mrs. Chrisman looked at the hats in the windows ?
• • J. Eugene Chrisman wrote: You also had me up to your white apartment for the interview I did on "How Love Will End the Depression" and not many writers have been THERE!
• • Mae West: We are both Kentucky Colonels • • ...
• • To be continued.
• • Source: Motion Picture; published in their issue dated for August 1935.
• • On Wednesday, 6 April 1927 • •
• • On Tuesday, 5 April 1927 at Jefferson Market Court [on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village], the jury returned with a guilty verdict. As she left the courtroom, followed by reporters, photographers, and a mob of well-wishers, Mae told them, "You've got to fight in this world!" She added, "You've got to fight to get there — — and fight to stay there."
• • Then on Wednesday, 6 April 1927, numerous articles about Mae were published in Variety, The New York Times, The N.Y. Herald Tribune, and elsewhere.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • It was quite a coup on Ross Hunter's part getting Mae West to a private party. Mae usually graces only tributes — — preferably to herself. This time, the host had run into some luck.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "My play 'Sex' was a work of art!"
• • Mae West said: "Anybody who needs a dirty play ought to call on Mr. Wallace for suggestions."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An editorial in April 1940 on work relief mentioned Mae West.
• • The Charlotte News wrote: You don't hear as many WPA jokes as you used to. For that matter, you don't hear as many Mae West stories, though we think it's for an exactly different reason. Mae's on the way out. And WPA, or some form of it, we're afraid, is here to stay. . . .
• • Source: The Charlotte News; published on Saturday, 6 April 1940
• • 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 4,706th 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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