Mae West: Mae’s Mannerisms

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 13 of 16 segments.
• • “Mae West: Don't Call Her Lady” • •  
• • Mae West: Very little formal schooling • •
• • Ben Maddox wrote: Her schooling was evidently fragmentary.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: When queried about it she answered, "Oh, you mean where did I learn to write? Well, I had a tutor to teach me writing and reading and I studied German, too."
• • Ben Maddox wrote: Mae West said that her playwriting is a direct but unconventional procedure.  
• • Mae West: I gradually adopted mannerisms for “the Mae West type” • •

• • Ben Maddox wrote: "I don't bother with any arty approach. I just sit down at my typewriter [sic] and write the kind of a show I'd like to see myself. I evolve the main character around the Mae West type that I've created. I've gradually adopted mannerisms and ways that folks like.”
• • Note: In many other interviews, Mae admitted it's her secretary who does the typing.
• • Mae West: Get the public talking • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; published in the issue dated for April 1933.
• • On Wednesday, 30 March 1927 • •
• • By Wednesday, 30 March 1927, twelve male jurors had been selected for Mae West's "Sex" trial set for Jefferson Market Court on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village. Mae hired four attorneys to represent her. Her defense team was headed by Harold Spielberg, Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal's former associate. Trial coverage appeared in the N.Y. Herald Tribune, The N.Y. Times, Variety, and elsewhere.
• • The play “Courting Mae West” dramatizes Mae’s trials in NYC.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • It takes more than merely acting to become a national figure — an emblem — which, strange and contradictory as it may seem, is exactly what Mae West is.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Sex is just like a small business. You gotta protect it, watch over it. It's a matter of timing."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A California daily mentioned Mae West.
• • "Flash! Mae West Turns Maternal!" • •
• • "I'd make a real good mother," says the star of "I'm No Angel" . . . and, without ever curving away from the subject one iota, goes straight to the point in a pithy and altogether surprising interview, which has been obtained exclusively for the enjoyment of readers of the forthcoming Los Angeles Sunday Times. ...
• • Source: San Bernardino Sun; published on Friday, 30 March 1934
• • 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 4,961st 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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