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 1 of 17 segments.
• • Mae West's Advice to Young Girls in Love by Gladys Hall • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: If there is anyone who ought to be able to tell girls how to "get their men” it's Mae. Men just naturally "go West." They'd like to know her better.
• • Gladys Hall wrote: And how does Mae interest them – and hold their interest? She's not afraid to tell you!
• • Gladys Hall wrote: She told me how she gets her diamonds. She told me about her romances. She told me about "The One Love" of her life – the first and the last time she was ever really in love. And what it did to her.
• • Mae West: Unless Aroused • • . . .
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Movie Classic; issue dated for August 1933.
• • On Monday, 7 May 1934 • •
• • On Monday, 7 May 1934 Mae West recorded "Troubled Waters." This collaboration between New York City lyricist Sam Coslow and composer Arthur Johnson was created expressly for the motion picture "Belle of the Nineties." Backed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Mae archived her performance in the recording studio.
• • On Friday, 7 May 1943 • •
• • Matrimony and mayhaps! Mae West moved on from her marital missteps with vaudevillian Frank Wallace in 1911. However, the final divorce decree took much longer. The marriage was legally dissolved on Friday, 7 May 1943.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The life-size lobby cut-out of Mae West featuring flaps that patrons could lift to see what was worn below — well, this got killed, but fast.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "So the men rule the world and the women rule the men — — though they don't know it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on a theft mentioned Mae West.
• • Lisa Rein wrote: A colorful radio is displayed on nearly every horizontal surface. Among them are a set that doubles as a humidor and another, called a “Mae West,” that has a design feature “you could put a brassiere on,” J. David Goldin said with a laugh. . . .
• • Source: Article: "In National Archives thefts, a radio detective gets his man" written by Lisa Rein for the Washington Post; published on Wednesday, 2 May 2012
• • 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 4,729th 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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