Mae West: How I Get Men

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 4 of 17 segments.
• • Mae West's Advice to Young Girls in Love by Gladys Hall • •
• • Mae West: Be Crazy About Yourselves • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said,"I get my man because I'm in love with myself. I'm crazy about myself. I'm more interested in myself and my own ambitions than I am in anyone else. That sets a high value on me, see? If I had to give advice to young girls on how to get their men, that'd be the first thing I'd tell 'em: “Be crazy about yourselves.” That’s one way.

• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said,"Another way is to make ‘em give till it hurts. Men have no use for a woman who doesn't get things out of them. Not cheap things, either,” added Mae.
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West  said, "Here’s how I started, though — — by falling in love. And I do mean LOVE.”
• • Mae West: “I was crazy about that man” • • ...
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Movie Classic; issue dated for August 1933.
• • On Wednesday, 12 May 1971 • •
• • On Wednesday, 12 May 1971 Mae West, UCLA’s Woman of the Century, spoke to students after a screening of her 1933 classic movie “I’m No Angel.”
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West has now reduced 64 [sic] pounds.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If I need an idea for a picture, I say, ‘Forces, Forces, I need some good dialogue so please help me out here.'"
• • Quote, Unquote • •u
• • An article on Rhode Island theatre mentioned Mae West.
• • History of Theater-by-the-Sea, Act II: The golden age of the 1950s • •
• • Rhode Island reporter Betty J. Cotter wrote: The stars came to Matunuck for weekly runs, just long enough to make an impression on the populace — the moody Marlon Brando, the imperious Mae West, the perky Carol Channing. Matunuck locals traded star sightings. Audiences ate it up. ...
• • Betty J. Cotter wrote: The 1952 season also featured Mae West in a comedy called “Come on Up — Ring Twice.”
• • Betty J. Cotter wrote: “The budget was a far cry from the good old days, and the whole cast traveled in a caravan of motor cars,” Patrick Byrne writes in his book, “Double Entendre: The Parallel Lives of Mae West and Rae Bourbon.” Matunuck audiences didn’t mind — the show sold out. ...
• • Source: The Providence Journal; published on Thursday, 9 July 2020
• • 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 4,732nd 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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