Mae West: Thin and Slatty

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 15 of 17 segments.
• • Mae West's Advice to Young Girls in Love by Gladys Hall • •
• • Mae West Says, "Look Feminine" • •
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, “Then, if I were advising girls how to get their men, I'd tell 'em to put on a few pounds so they'd look like women and I'd tell 'em to dress just a little bit like Lady Lou in 'She Done Him Wrong'. Then I'd tell 'em to use some of her stuff. The way the girls of to-day dress is all wrong."

• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said, "It all came about after the World War. Food was scarce everywhere and women got thin and slatty, especially in Paris, France — —  and everyone knows that Paris sets the styles. It became the style."
• • Gladys Hall wrote: Mae West said,"Then, these costume designers, these male dressmakers design masculine-looking things for women. The result is that they've made women look more like men than women. That's no way. When a woman comes into a room where men are, they should know that a WOMAN is there.”
• • Mae West: Men Show Me Courtesy • •  . . .
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Movie Classic; issue dated for August 1933.
• • On Monday, 27 May 1935 • •
• • It was Monday, 27 May 1935 — — and Mae West fans were lining up to see the screen queen in "Goin' to Town" opening its exclusive engagement at the Capitol Theatre in Ontario, Canada.
• • On Friday, 27 May 2005 • •
• • Talented artist Tom Tierney released his wonderful "Mae West Paper Doll" book on Friday, 27 May 2005.  Dover published it.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Australians will not be permitted to view Mae West's latest picture, 'Klondyke Annie,' as the Federal film censorship has placed a ban on it.
• • The film, however, was released in New Zealand.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on NYC variety acts mentioned Mae West.
• • Vaudeville at the Harlem Opera House • •
• • Mae West, "The Different Style of Songstress," was in the fourth position. Her turn won approval.
• • 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 4,743rd 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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