Mae West: Paul's Viewpoint

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 9 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: Paul Cavanagh discusses his leading lady • •
• • Hilary Lynn wrote: I must have looked rather astonished, because the gentleman from Cambridge leaned across the tea table continued. "Was that a shocking thing to say?" he asked, quite alarmed. "Will people misunderstand me?" He hesitated for a moment. "But it's true, you know," he said.

• • Paul Cavanagh: Mae West's co-star, "Goin' to Town" • •
• • Hilary Lynn wrote: "And I'll tell you another thing which will amaze you as much... Mae West is the most non-committal member of a sex which spends half its life committing itself! She'll never admit anything! You will never know what she's thinking."
• • Hilary Lynn wrote: What? Our silver screen paragon of female frankness, our straight-from-the-shoulder, beautiful-but-bolder "Klondike Annie" is non-committal?
• • Mae West: Our one-of-a-kind Miss West • • …   
• • Modern Screen’s lengthy article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Modern Screen; issue dated for April 1936.
• • John West [11 February 1900 — 12 October 1964] • •
• • Though Mae had taken good care of her health, shortly after her 71st birthday she was hospitalized and her ailments were scrutinized. The diagnosis was diabetes.
• • As Mae was quietly convalescing at home, with Paul Novak at her side, she received the worst news. Her beloved brother John Edwin West, 64, had suffered a massive heart attack.
• • Born on 11 February 1900, John Edwin West died during October — — on Monday, 12 October 1964. He was 64. Mae made arrangements for her beloved brother's body to be sent back to Brooklyn to the family crypt.
• • On Thursday, 12 October 1933 • •
• • The premiere of "I'm No Angel," starring Mae West was held on Thursday, 12 October 1933 in Hollywood.  A triumphant date in Hollywood for the Brooklyn bombshell.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The moment her chauffeur left her alone, while he stepped into a building on an errand, another car pulled alongside of Mae West's limousine. A revolver was poked through the window. Diamond Lil disgorged $16,000 in jewels, $34,000 in cash.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "A man has more character in his face at 40 than at 20 — — he has suffered longer."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West and her new film in 1935.
• • “Goin’ to Town” • •
• • Ann Ross wrote: Mae West is back with an assortment of new wisecracks, and at least fifteen pounds added weight. The weight, it must be admitted, is better distributed than the wisecracks. Some of the latter are new and funny, some are old but still funny because of the grim punctuality with which Mae delivers them; and practically all of them occur in the first half-dozen scenes. …
• • Source: Maclean’s Magazine (Canada);  published on Saturday, 15 June 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 4,841st 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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