Mae West: Is Superstitious

In 1934, Picture Play, piqued by a New York newcomer’s meteoric rise, pondered this: “Is MAE WEST a Fizzle? A bold discussion of an important question!” This is Part 14 of 29 segments.
• • Is Mae West a Fizzle? • •
• • Mae West: She is superstitious, too • •
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: She's superstitious, too, which is often another acute phase of nervousness.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: If she has to make a change of costume, she won't change in the portable dressing room prepared for her. Instead she walks all the way to her own dressing room and makes a complete change, including lingerie.

• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: Mae West's colored maid must have at least one scene in each of her motion pictures.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: It was the same with Mae West's monkey.
• • Dorothy Herzog wrote: That monkey had to be in "I'm No Angel."
• • Mae West: When her pet monkey died • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; issue dated for May 1934.
• • On Friday, 4 February 1949 on WOR • •
• • NYC broadcast journalist John Wingate interviewed Mae West backstage before the opening of a revival of "Diamond Lil" on Broadway. Their 2-minute exchange is quite funny and was heard in the NYC area over the popular radio station WOR.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • “Only her pet monkey Boogie got to share Mae West’s breakfast table,” according to Simon Louvish.
• • Note: We are not sure where Simon got that but it’s in his lopsided biography of Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I'd rather stand than wrinkle my dress on a set.”  
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine reviewed a Mae West starrer.
• • “Go West, Young  Man” (Paramount) starring Mae West • •
• • Modern Screen wrote: All of this is highly perturbing to Mavis Arden’s press-agent (Warren William) until he hits upon the fine old idea of dragging out a tiny garment and convincing his charge that her roadside Romeo is about to become a father.  
• • Modern Screen wrote: Alice Brady is lost in the minor role of the boarding-house owner, but  Elizabeth Patterson, as Aunt Kate, and Isabel Jewell, as a movie-struck young gal, give outstanding performances.  …
• • Source: Modern Screen; published in the issue dated for February 1937
• • 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 • •
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