Depending on the person who wielded the pen, the fan magazine Picture Play could worship MAE WEST in fragrant ink or scold her. A year before publishing Dorothy Herzog’s skeptical sourness [May 1934], the zine printed a much more enthusiastic feature by Ben Maddox [April 1933] emphasizing Mae’s work ethic and down-to-earth side. This is Part 12 of 16 segments.
• • “Mae West: Don't Call Her Lady” • •
• • Mae West: My agent said I’d be a riot • •
• • Ben Maddox wrote: “My agent said, 'Mae, you ought to go to Hollywood. You'd be a riot in pictures and make a lot of money!' I had nineteen costume changes every evening in my last play and was feeling pretty worn out. So I took the offer."
• • Ben Maddox wrote: Her stage debut occurred at six.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: Mae West hails from Brooklyn and is neither old nor young. She's ageless.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: "I joined a stock company when I was six," [sic] she recalled.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: You can imagine Mae West being quite efficient even at that tender age. "I was in it for five years,” Mae West recalled. “Then I went into vaudeville, plays, and into my own productions."
• • Mae West: Very little formal schooling • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; published in the issue dated for April 1933.
• • On Saturday, 29 March 1930 • •
• • As reported by The N.Y. Times on Saturday, 29 March 1930, the "Pleasure Man" trial presided over by Justice Amedeo Bertini was not without its own impromptu entertainment value. Called to the stand by Nathan Burkan, cast member Chuck Connors II sang the controversial "She's the Queen of the Beaches" for Judge Bertini and the jurors. Though somber and bereaved, Mae West had to stuff a black handkerchief in her mouth to keep from laughing as Chuck Connors, "clasping his hands together, crooned the song."
• • The stage play "Courting Mae West" covers both of Mae's trials in New York City.
• • On Sunday, 29 March 1936 • •
• • "Has Mae West Done Herself Wrong?" was the intriguing headline teasing readers of the Atlanta Journal Magazine in their issue dated for Sunday, 29 March 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • New comedy LPs released this month include packages by Mae West and the late W. C. Fields.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I never get friendly with the men on the set."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on a TV show mentioned Mae West, who was their guest star.
• • "Guest Shot Indicates Mae Needs Own Program" • •
• • Hollywood (UPI) Mae West turned up Sunday night on CBS-TV’s “Mr. Ed” series, and made one yearn for her to have a situation comedy of her own as a spoofing antidote to the many drab females on television.
• • She once helped save a movie company, and there’s no reason she couldn’t make the television mouse roar a little.
• • “Mr. Ed” is about a talking horse. Sunday night, Miss West, in a rare video appearance, was brought into the show by having her ask the horse’s owner (Alan Young) to redesign her stables in French Provincial style. ...
• • Source: UPI; published on Tuesday, 24 March 1964
• • 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 4,900 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,960th 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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