Mae West: Dog Enthusiast

A lifelong animal lover, MAE WEST posed with Hollywood’s hounds in two of her motion pictures. Less often seen than the famous twin Borzoi portrait from “Goin’ to Town” is this one from “Every Day’s a Holiday.”
• • Here Mae West’s character Mademoiselle Fifi  holds a large Doberman on a leash.

• • Reporters who met Mae West during the 1920s and early 1930s — — before stardom cloaked her utterly — — have a refreshingly different take than those who met her as a bonafide movie queen.
• • New York Herald Tribune reporter Stanley Walker came up to see Mae West often in New York.
• • A section in Stanley Walker’s 1935 memoir discussed Mae West.
• • “Sex Comes to America” • •
• • Mae’s household: monkey and Chihuahua • •
• • In 1934-35, Stanley Walker wrote: The other occupants of the apartment are a monkey named Junior and a small Chihuahua dog.
• • Source: Chapter “Sex Comes to America” from "Mrs. Astor's Horse" written by Stanley Walker [NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 28 October 1935, 320 pages].
• • On Sunday, 28 September 1930 • •
• • Mae West decided to take her play "Sex" on the road during August 1930. The N.Y. Times reported that "Sex" was booked in the Midwest. The engagement at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago began on Sunday, 28 September 1930.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Established in 1928, The Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park and Crematory is located off Ventura Freeway, twenty miles from Hollywood.
• • Hollywood's Fur Friends • •
• • Many of the “fur friends” interred on its 30 acres are pets of famed movie stars such as Mae West’s pet monkey, Boogie, whose screen debut was in “I’m No Angel” and who died months later in 1933 and was laid out in a fancy lined casket.
• • Also buried here: Billie Burke’s police dog, Gloria Swanson’s Rusty, a pet of John Barrymore’s, and a dog belonging to stage and screen actor, Edmund Breese, etc.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I was four when Mama wanted to have my picture taken. I had seen a dog I liked very much. I told Mama, ‘I'd like to have my picture taken with a dog’."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Modern Screen mentioned Mae West and her love for dogs in 1935.
• • The hard-hearted landlord who owns the apartment building in which Mae West resides has decided to be rough on dawgs — — and rough on the tenants who own ‘em.   
• • Yep, either you get rid of your hound or he gets rid of you. Ida Lupino, June Clayworth, and several other beauties have obeyed the No Canine rule.
• • But Mae West will neither park her pups nor leave home. She’s superstitious is our Miss W., and has been so lucky living in her present abode that she doesn’t want to move. Besides, she’s had her whole bloomin’ apartment redecorated at her own expense in full length mirrors and white satin. Some showcase in which to set off Diamond Mae!  . . .
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for September 1935
• • 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 4,831st 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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