Mae West: Feeling Shaky

During fan magazine interviews, MAE WEST was often coy, guarded, or made a game of her responses. But during this rare sit-down with Hilary Lynn, the subject of sex on screen steered Mae into being more sincere. Since this Westian gem has been overlooked for 85 years, we dusted it off for you Mae-mavens. This is Part 6 of 13 segments.
• • Has Mae West a Dual Personality? • •
• • Mae West advises you to go after your man boldly, but Hollywood's smoothest gents claim she doesn't practice what she preaches. • •
• • Mae West: The worst is when sex in a film causes suffering • •

• • Hilary Lynn’s interview with Mae West: “It's surprising how, in so many pictures you see nowadays, sex is something which causes suffering."
• • Hilary Lynn’s interview with Mae West: Mae West shook her head in dismay. “And what does the audience do after seeing something like that? Has a good cry, and leaves the theatre feelin' shaky, and not so sure whether there's any percentage in emotions that make you suffer like that. And figurin' if this is so, then love like that is somethin' to be afraid of — to avoid.”
• • Hilary Lynn, quoting Mae West, wrote: "But you don't have to be afraid of your emotions — if you have your head on your shoulders, and know the definition of control — only don't carry that too far!”
• • Mae West: Don’t be coy. Pursue your goals like a man would • • …  
• • Note: In 1926, Mae West was angry about the very same element in Broadway dramas: the idea that sex would cause women suffering, loss, or death. Thus she picked up her pen and wrote “Sex.”
• • Modern Screen’s lengthy article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for April 1936.
• • On Saturday, 7 October 1933 • •
• • It was on Saturday, 7 October 1933 when Mae recorded "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk" for the Brunswick label. The song was written for the motion picture "I'm No Angel."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Her latest picture is several shades below Mae West's previous best, but not lacking in laughs created by the typical Westian wise-cracks with rough edges. Mae appears as a dance-hall girl who inherits the fortune of a rich miner and then proceeds to crash society.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It was not that I was jaded. It was only that I had no answers to serious things."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Indianapolis News discussed Mae West.
• • "'Pleasure Man' Goes On; Injunction Protects Mae West Show" • •
• • "Police Find It Tamed" • •
• • New York, NY — AP — Protected by a Supreme Court injunction returnable Friday, Mae West's police-raided play "Pleasure Man" continues to show on Broadway in defiance of police who arrested its cast of 60 after its premiere Monday. But police officials who saw its second New York performance last night said it had been considerably "tamed." They were prepared to arrest anyone who stepped over the bounds of decency but no arrests were made. The injunction restraining police was obtained by Nathan Burkan, counsel for Miss West, author of the play, from Supreme Court Justice Amos (sp?) A. Valente an hour before the evening performance.
• • Members of the cast received letters from the Actors' Equity Association advising them not to appear except with their permission  ...
• • Source: The Indianapolis News; published on Wednesday, 3 October 1928
• • 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 4,838th 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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