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 11 of 16 segments.
• • “Mae West: Don't Call Her Lady” • •
• • Mae West: Enjoying the Hollywood sunshine • •
• • Ben Maddox wrote: However, regularly one night a week she attends the prize fights in Pasadena, presenting a Mae West cup [sic] to the winner of the main event.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: "I like Hollywood," she explained to me, "because of the sunshine. Gosh, this is my first view of it in ages! Pictures will mean an easier life for me. Last summer when I came here I had my first vacation in six years."
• • Ben Maddox wrote: Mae added, "I hadn't thought of the movies before because I was a big success on the stage. Then Paramount kept after me for 'Night After Night' and bought 'Diamond Lil’, my play.”
• • Mae West: My agent said I’d be a riot • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; published in the issue dated for April 1933.
• • On Saturday, 28 March 1936 • •
• • It was a jolly weekend in Princeton, NJ. The Arcade Theatre announced (on page 3) that it would be offering "Klondike Annie" starring Mae West today, which was Saturday, 28 March 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood star Mae West was invited to party with the King of England during his jubilee in 1935.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don't eye oilier men when you're with an escort."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Massachusetts newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • Central Square Theatre • •
• • “Mae Day” comes early this year, but we are referring to Mae West’s days which start on Saturday. The days are 4 in number and the occasion is “Klondike Annie” with Victor McLaglen as the conqueror of the “West," in a breezy story of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast and the fabulous Alaskan Gold Rush.
• • On the same program is the latest Zane Grey story, “Nevada” with Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Kathleen Burke, Monte Blue, and Raymond Hatton. ...
• • Source: Cambridge Sentinel (Massachusetts); published on Saturday, 28 March 1936
• • 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 4,959th 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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