Mae West: Spends Her Money

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 9 of 16 segments.
• • “Mae West: Don't Call Her Lady” • •  
• • Mae West: Claims she earned $5,000 a week in 1932 • •

• • Ben Maddox wrote: "I got $5,000 a week for 'Night After Night.' I have a four-year contract with Paramount for two pictures a year at an increased rate. No, it doesn't seem an awful lot of money to me. When I produced my own stage plays," added Mae, "my percentage was often about $10,000."
• • Ben Maddox wrote: "What do you do with all your money?" I demanded.
• • Ben Maddox wrote: "Well, I save quite a bit. I've a place on Long Island to keep up. And I spend it" — she paused and finished vaguely — "for things. Oh, yes, I had to spend a lot on trials. Sixty thousand for one and forty for another."
• • Mae West: Hot-Cha shows • • …  
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Picture Play; published in the issue dated for April 1933.
• • On Tuesday, 24 March 1970 in Look Magazine • •
• • "Raquel Welch, Mae West Talk about Men, Morals, and Myra Breckinridge," on page 45 in Look Magazine's weekly issue dated for Tuesday, 24 March 1970.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood columnist Walter Winchell wrote: Orchids and a bonus to the P.R. mind who thought up this amusing manner of getting the Mae West banned title into print: "It Ain't No Sin," it says, to see Mae West in "Belle of the Nineties."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A lotta issue over a little tissue."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned World War II pin-up favorites such as Mae West.
• • "Mae West and Betty Grable — — Choice for Jap Pin-ups" • •
• • The United Press wrote: Movie actresses Betty Grable and Mae West rank high on the enemy's preferred list of Western beauty.
• • On Peleliu, it was curvacious Miss Grable who adorned most Japanese barracks. A photograph of the French screen beauty, Danielle Darrieux was found hanging over the bar in the Japanese officers' club. It was inscribed: "To part in World War II.  It is the caterpillar track war machine — — the tank. My Friends in Japan."
• • On another Pacific island, a reporter spotted a prominent photograph of sultry Mae West, wrapped up in a fur and lying on a silky throw and signed "come up and see me if you are ever in beautiful California." ...
• • Source: U.P. article rpt in The Neosho Daily News (Neosho, Missouri); published on Saturday, 24 March 1945
• • 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 4,957th 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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