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 7 of 17 segments.
• • Mae West's Advice to Young Girls in Love by Gladys Hall • •
• • Mae West: “Loving him nearly wrecked my life!” • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, "Every time I'd win and take my hand off the receiver, I'd be limp and done-in. I tried everything. I tried other men."
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West continued, "I couldn't even be nice to a man unless there was something about him like that other man — — unless he had his ears or eyes, or maybe he walked like he walked, or maybe he was the same type or something. I had to keep saying to myself, 'No, he's not for you, baby' . . ."
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, “Well, I beat it. But I was really in love then for the first and last time in my life. It has never happened to me again. It never will happen to me again.”
• • Mae West: How did I start talking about this? • • ...
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Movie Classic; issue dated for August 1933.
• • On Friday, 17 May 1935 • •
• • "Goin’ to Town" was released by Paramount Pictures on the weekend — — on Friday, 17 May 1935.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Johnny Mack Brown appeared in more than 165 B-Western movie and TV productions and starred with Hollywood legends like Mae West, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Mary Pickford, John Wayne, and Tex Ritter.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The Brooklyn I was born in, near the end of the 19th century, was still a city of churches. ... Deer ran wild in Prospect Park ...."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on California real estate mentioned Mae West's new farm.
• • "Mae West Buys Small Farm But She Won't Live on It" • •
• • Hollywood, Calif., May 13. Mae West has bought a 50-acre ranch but don't get the notion she's going rural. "The country air does something to you, but I'll take it in small doses," the blonde, healthy-looking screen siren said today. "No, I'm not going to live on the place. I'll just go out and look over the landscape once in a while." . . .
• • The ranch, near Tarzana, about 20 miles west of Hollywood, will be a home for horses.
• • Brother John West, Jr., and Mae own another 10-acre plot, originally purchased for her late father, John (Jack) West. It once was big enough for John West, Jr's small racing stable, but a degree of success stimulated him to add to his string. ...
• • Source: page 1 article printed in The Harrisburg Telegraph (Pennsylvania); published on Thursday, 13 May 1937
• • 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 4,735th 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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