Mae West: Zoë Mozert

MAE WEST was the cover girl for Movie Mirror, the issue of April 1935. This sweet, blue-eyed image was the work of Zoë Mozert.
• • Movie Mirror Magazine, which lasted for eleven years (McFadden Publications, 1931-1940), put Mae on their cover more than once.
• • In the March 1934 issue of Movie Mirror, for example, fans could read the final installment of Mae West's life story penned by Harry Lang. [Mae was playful with Lang and his “interview” was pretty tame and boring.] On the 1934 cover, Mae sported a chic black wide-brimmed hat and gazed upwards with her pretty blue eyes, a romantic portrait painted by the artist M.P. McNary.
• • Zoë Mozert [27 April 1907 — 1 February 1993] • •

• • Born Alice Adelaide Moser in Colorado Springs, Zoë Mozert became an illustrator. She was also known as one of the early 20th century's most famous pin-up artists and models. To help pay her art school tuition, she also modeled.
• • Image: Zoë Mozert poses here for Earl Moran (circa 1926).
• • During her career, Zoë Mozert painted hundreds of magazine covers and movie posters.  Her paintings are best known for their pastel style and realistic depiction of women.
• • By 1950, Zoë Mozert had become one of the "big four" illustrators nationally, along with three male illustrators Rolf Armstrong, Earl Moran, and Gil Elvgren.
• • You've seen her work on the era's most famous film posters, for example, the poster for Paramount Pictures' “True Confession” starring Carole Lombard, the poster for the Howard Hughes film “The Outlaw” with Jane Russell, and, her most popular image, “Song of the Desert“ (1950).
• • On Tuesday, 30 July 1957 in The N.Y. Times • •
• • Mae West sued Hollywood Confidential Magazine for defamation and the trial began in early August 1957 in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, 30 July 1957, The N.Y. Times ran an item explaining the issues at stake. Mae submitted sworn depositions to avoid testifying in person.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 17 years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The letters to Jimmie Fidler weren’t the only ones Violet Wells Norton wrote. She attempted to correspond with Mae West, but West’s publicist, Terrell De Lapp, intercepted the missive during a routine vetting of Miss West’s incoming mail. Why Mae? Apparently because Violet thought her daughter Gwendoline looked a bit like the movie star.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I like the new color [of the Mae West flotation vest]. It's so desirable. I understand they can be seen from a great distance. That's another thing we have in common."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on “She Done Him Wrong” mentioned the movie star Mae West.
• • Lou Was No Lady ... but she knew what she wanted! • •
• • Mae West stars in “She Done Him Wrong.” • •
• • Diamond-Decked Lou, the Bowery's Mistress of the Street Where Beer was a Nickel and Love Had a Price, Too! • •
• • Mae West, starring in “She Does Him Wrong” breezed into the Kentucky Theatre today and gave local film patrons an idea of what the real Mae West is like when she's starring in a play of her own authorship.
• • They had a glimpse of her in "Night After Night," but it has remained for "She Done Him Wrong” to bring out the real Mae West — — the Mae West that Broadway knows. See her picture! It's a different kind of a treat and a different kind of a thrill!
• • The film tells a vivid story of the Bowery, with Miss West, the lady known as Lou, who sings for her diamonds at Gus Jordan's Diamond Palace.
• • Mae West sings the folk-tune “Frankie and Johnny" as it has never been sung before.  ...
• • Source: The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Kentucky); published on Thursday, 9 March 1933
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 4,789th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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