Mae West: Hearst's Mistress

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 9 of 12 segments.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •  
• • Mae West: Did she joke about Hearst and his mistress? • •
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: You can’t get more personal than that as a response to her hypocritical critics.

• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: The story goes that Mae West had reportedly made a joke about Marion Davies, the movie star mistress of media mogul William Randolph Hearst (yes, he inspired ‘Citizen Kane’). Hearst had no sense of humor when it came to joking about Marion Davies ― ― and ordered that all Hearst newspapers go to war on West and Paramount Pictures.  
• • Stephen Schaefer wrote: Today, it’s difficult to figure out why Mae West aroused such indignation ― ― except perhaps that her persona was always the woman in charge. Mae was a woman who wouldn’t be dominated by men.  
• • Mae West: She was the woman in charge • • ...
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Wednesday, 18 August 1954 • •
• • In her Hollywood column, syndicated on Wednesday, 18 August 1954, Louella Parsons wrote: "Mae West, who knocked them for a loop in Las Vegas, is at Malibu taking a vacation before she opens in Reno."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's plans for a vacation trip have been blasted by a Paramount Pictures notice that she must be ready to start on her next picture about the middle of July. Meanwhile, Mae must help get the screenplay in shape.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Whenever I see people putting it on, I know they're phonies. They aren't the real goods and they've got something to cover up."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on Tinseltown's latest trends mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West said she is disgusted with some of Hollywood's taking ways. "Diamond Lil" says she can't spring anything original but what it's copied all over town. She thought she had a cinch on that Mae West wiggle ... but now all the youngsters over at Hollywood High are beginning to wiggle.
• • She tried another trick . . . that of painting her nails with a platinum polish. She wore it once . . . next day everybody but Mae had platinum nails.
• • So Mae gives up.  ...
• • Source: Modern Screen; dated for June 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 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,802nd 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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