Mae West: She Had Sex

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 17 of 17 segments.
• • Mae West's Advice to Young Girls in Love by Gladys Hall • •
• • Mae West: “She had sex appeal. Everybody felt it.“ • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West recalled, "I remember a woman who used to come to our house when I was a kid. My father wanted to know why we had her sitting around. She wore high collars 'way up under her ears, you know the kind. And lots of jewels and laces. She had a swell figure and used a lot of perfume and she talked kinda slow and drawly with her eyes half-closed — —  I thought she was swell. She was mysterious. She made you wonder. She had glamour. She had sex. Everybody felt it. “

• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, "You've got to make them want you first, of course, by being a woman and making them conscious of it. You've got to play a game, with a lot of new moves all the time. Then you've got to be mean to 'em so they'll do anything to put you in a good humor again."
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, "That's the way I work it. That's the way I get my man — — and my diamonds."
• • Note: Gladys Hall [26 April  1891 — 18 September 1977] was an American journalist. She wrote a syndicated column, "The Diary of a Professional Movie Fan," in the 1920s, and interviewed movie stars for such fan magazines as Photoplay, Modern Screen, and Screenland.
• • This series has now been concluded with post number 17. Let us know how much you enjoyed it.
• • Source: Movie Classic; issue dated for August 1933.
• • On Thursday, 31 May 1934 • •
• • On 31 May 1934, Harrison Carroll wrote: The D. A.'s office here is checking on a man who has been making inquiries as to whether Mae West can raise enough cash to pay a $60,000 premium on an annuity policy, figuring there might be some connection between this and the phone and letter threats Mae has been receiving.
• • Harrison Carroll wrote: Her investment advisors, Murray Ellman, Murray Feil, and James Timony, turn her salary into non-negotiable insurance policies and bonds, keeping out only enough money for current bills and Mae West's "mad money."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Oh, no," said Jean Harlow, quite seriously, too. "I'm flattered that they want me for a benefit when they could have Joan Crawford, or Carole Lombard, or Mae West. And besides, it's such a little thing to do for anybody, to perform for charity."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on NYC variety acts mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West — Proctor's Twenty-third Street.
• • Mae West bills herself as "The Different Type of Songstress."
• • Her enunciation is poor, and she sings her numbers with a nasal twang. Her gesturing throughout the number is of a very suggestive nature, and she leaves little for the imagination, executing her work in a risque manner.
• • Mae West's ascend number, about "The Old-Fashioned Girl," is rather neatly presented. But the following song is repugnant and repellent. ...
• • Source: The New York Clipper; published on Wednesday, 25 April 1917
• • 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 4,745th 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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