Mae West: Dope Out Moves

In a revealing 1933 interview with Gladys Hall, MAE WEST talks about being madly in love (only once), the first man who gave her a diamond, and how love affairs (for her) were transactional. Was Mae being truthful? Did Mae believe in her own hard-hearted advice? This is Part 12 of 17 segments.
• • Mae West's Advice to Young Girls in Love by Gladys Hall • •
• • Mae West: He couldn't get along without me • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, "Like a prize-fighter I know. He had a bum nose. He was ashamed of it. He talked about having it ironed out. I told him to do nothing of the kind. I told him it was his nose that gave him that virile look, that made him different from other men. He just couldn't stay away from me after awhile. He couldn't get along without me. He just had to be around me.”

• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, "Women have to be different to get — —and keep — — their men. They've got to think up tricks, something new all the time. They've got to dope out new moves in the old game. They've got to startle and surprise their men. I'll illustrate what I mean.”
• • Mae West: Just Howjado • • ...
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Movie Classic; issue dated for August 1933.
• • On Tuesday, 24 May 1955 • •
• • William Ritt wrote:  A Hollywood columnist reveals that Mae West insisted as long as 20 years ago that she be granted television rights in her movie contract. The man at the next desk suggests Mae might now change her old slogan to read “Tune up and see me some time." This item appeared in The Daily Banner on Tuesday,  24 May 1955.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Is Mae West Greta Garbo's greatest rival?
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I was snow white but I drifted."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Film Banned" • •
• • "From Murderess to Army Lassie" • •
• • Sydney, Saturday — — Mae West's new picture, "Klondike Annie," has been banned by the Federal film censorship.
• • It cannot be exhibited in any Australian State. In New Zealand, however, the film was permitted to be released.  . . .
• • Source: Sunday Mail (Brisbane); published on Sunday, 24 May 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,740th 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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