Mae West: Certain Element

Malcolm H. Oettinger profiled MAE WEST for Screenland. Since this interview has rarely been seen, let us enjoy it together. This is part 5 of 13.
• • “Going West” • •   
• • Mae West: Her next film is "Rings on Her Fingers" • •  
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Mae West acquired that hour-glass figure especially for “She Done Him Wrong.”

• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Her next film is "Rings on Her Fingers," and it will be a jewel or we miss our guess.
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: "I have that certain element, I guess," said Mae. "People like it, and I give it to 'em."
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: No one knew about Mae West [sic] when she was singing and dancing in vaudeville, in revues with Frank Tinney and Ed Wynn, and in cabarets.
• • Mae West: In 1928, during Prohibition, "Diamond Lil" offered free beer between the acts • • ...
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; published in the issue dated for June 1933.
• • On Sunday, 29 April 1928 • •
• • Percy Hammond wrote an article about Mae West. The title was “The Rewards of Virtue” and it was published in the New York Tribune on Sunday, 29 April 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West was one of the greatest comedians in American culture. She was larger than life, a myth, who managed to be so controversial that both critics and audiences can hardly agree on what and who she was exactly. Everybody can only be certain that she was an iconic figure who made a difference.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have had to do my share of outsmarting men through necessity."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in The Orlando Sentinel mentioned Mae West.
• • "In Days Before Dolly, There Was Mae West" • •
• • "I met her, Mae West, not Catherine the Great, very briefly" • •
• • Allen Rose of The Sentinel Staff wrote: "Mae West was headed for her suite at the end of the hall as I came out of my room," he said. "I told her something about how great she was in her show 'Catherine Was Great.' And she really was. Of course, she was going to bed with everybody in the court. Especially the big guards." …
• • Source: Orlando Sentinel; published on Wednesday, 20 April 1988
• • 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 4,983rd 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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