Mae West: Stopped the Action

Details about MAE WEST were often sprinkled into top Hollywood columns.
• • On April 7th, Dorothy Manners wrote: As usual when she appears, Mae West, in virginal white, her long blonde hair hanging shoulder length, stopped the action at the cocktail party hosted by producer Ross Hunter and Jacque Mapes at Ross's home.  
• • Dorothy’s amusing tidbit, filled with up-close details, was part of her syndicated column, circulated on Wednesday, 7 April 1976.
• • On Sunday, 7 April 1940 • •

• • On Sunday, 7 April 1940 the San Bernardino Sun announced that the new film "My Little Chickadee" starring Mae West and W.C. Fields would be in the local cinema on Sunday and Monday.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Minus the platinum wig and theatrical gestures, Mae West is an interestingly frank woman.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "In my whole life, I've never envied anyone. I was too busy thinking about myself."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper item in April 1935 mentioned Mae West and her look.
• • “Miss 1935” • •
• • The Log Cabin Democrat wrote: How much should Miss 1935 weigh? Considerable controversy had been aroused over an edict of the American Society of Beauticians that said the ideal American girl of 1935 should weigh 100 pounds.
• • The Log Cabin Democrat wrote: That ran counter to recent mode established by Mae West with her gay ninety revival.
• • The Log Cabin Democrat wrote: Marion Quigley, weighing 100 pounds, was selected by beauty experts who met in New York, as the ideal girl. After many American girls had added pounds where they counted most to achieve the Mae West look, they were faced with the possibility of having to take the pounds off. ...
• • Source: The Log Cabin Democrat; published on Sunday, 7 April 1935
• • 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 4,967th 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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