Mae West: Torrid Episode

Many stories have circulated about MAE WEST, a famous Tinseltown temptress. This account, published in 1936, claims Raoul Walsh filmed sexy scenes that were never meant for the screen but for his own private R-rated viewing. See what you think.
• • Modern Screen wrote: "Why not lead off this month's news with a Mae West item?" we have just asked ourselves, and hearing no reply at all, here is this month's Mae West item: As you know, Mae's leading man in "Klondike Annie" is Victor McLaglen [10 December 1886 — 7 November 1959].
• • Modern Screen wrote: Now, Vic is big and tough, but around the ladies he's not exactly what you'd call a Gablemore. He is, briefly, shy.
• • Modern Screen wrote: So our Mae took him in hand during a love scene, and in conspiracy with director Raoul Walsh, gave Vic what is known in technical circles as "the works."

• • Modern Screen wrote: By the time the scene ended, the McLaglen countenance was crimson, and he still doesn't know that the torrid love episode was filmed, not for the picture but for Raoul Walsh's private collection of scenes that Mr. Hays and his hirelings will never view.
• • Modern Screen wrote: While we're on the subject of Mr. Raoul Walsh, it might be nice to mention a fine gesture on his part during the shooting of "Klondike Annie."
• • Modern Screen wrote: During several weeks before Christmas, Walsh shot scenes which required the presence of a number of old timers. Instead of choosing his players at random from the casting office, Walsh ordered a couple of assistants to check on the financial status of the candidates.
• • Modern Screen wrote: As a result, the neediest cases were given jobs and a much more pleasant Christmas than they anticipated.
• • Source: Modern Screen: published in the issue dated for March 1936.
• • On Tuesday, 29 September 1914 • •
• • The newspaper the Philadelphia North American reviewed the more prominent variety artists who were performing onstage in the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday, 29 September 1914. The arts critic thought well of Mae, who was then calling herself "The Original Brinkley Girl." When he referred to her stage act, he called her a "nut comedienne."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The "doubles" for famous stars make an interesting group. The stand-in for Claudette Colbert is Pluma Noisom; for Crawford, Kasha Le Seuer; for Garbo, Chris Meeker and for Mae West, Virginia Rendell.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I objected to the underwear they gave me at the Island. It was rough on the body. ‘I want to wear my silk underwear.’ ‘This ain’ Saks Fifth Avenue,’ said a toothless old hag.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A foreign newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "I've Come to Find out, Says Mae." • •
• • The Singapore Free Press wrote: Mae West invited goggle-eyed British reporters to "come up and see me sometime" when she ran the first gauntlet of them on her arrival at Southampton at two o'clock on Wednesday morning.  
• • Just to keep everything above board, Mae West asked the newsmen to a press reception at the Savoy Hotel. …      
• • Source: The Singapore Free Press;  published on Tuesday, 23 September 1947
• • 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 4,832nd 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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