Mae West: Makes Folks Talk

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 8 of 16 segments.
• • “Mae West: Don't Call Her Lady” • •  
• • Mae West: Interesting and frank • •
• • Ben Maddox wrote: She admits immediately that making folks talk about her is a business proposition.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: Personally, Mae West lives a quiet life.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: It keeps her on the go manufacturing new tricks to attract attention to her public personality.
• • Mae West: Salary? • •
• • Ben Maddox wrote: "Is it true you are making $3,500 a week?"  I asked her.  

• • Ben Maddox wrote: Such a salary is rare nowadays.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: "Why, I'm getting much more than that!" she replied in an astonished yet languorous voice.  
• • Mae West: Earned $5,000 a week in 1932 • • … 
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; published in the issue dated for April 1933.
• • On Friday, 23 March 1934 • •
• • French magazine Hebdo (No. 50), released on a Friday, 23 March 1934, flashed a beautiful Mae West cover. At the time, Jean Esters was the Editor-in-Chief and Hebdo was being published by Baudiniere, Paris.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A fan mag once reported that Jim Timony, Mae West’s manager, had a cork leg and so Jim spent the next six months showing his bare leg to Hollywood, to prove that such was not the case.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Here are the things I never can resist: tall, dark handsome men, diamonds, writing stories in bed, reading, calling policemen by their Christian names, and food, more food!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on witty sayings regarding sex mentioned Mae West.
• • The Daily Mail explained: Of course, sex has always been rich territory for artists, writers and commentators. Here, Liz Rowlinson selects some of the wittiest quotations...
• • Liz Rowlinson: "I know nothing about sex because I was always married." — — Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress.
• • Liz Rowlinson: "Sex is emotion in motion." — — Mae West, actress.  …
• • Source: The Daily Mail [U.K.]; published on Friday, 23 March 2007
• • 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 4,956th 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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