Mae West: Bad Influence?

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking.
• • In 1934, New Movie Magazine proudly announced it was offering “the first real life story of Mae West” who was “the Brooklyn blonde who started a new era on the screen in the face of many discouragements and setbacks, in spite of which she never lost sight of her goal."
• • This cover story was so excessively long that the editors ran her interview with Aileen St. John Brenon in three consecutive issues: June, July, and August. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 1 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •   

• • New Movie Magazine asked: “Is she a good or bad influence?”
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: The history of motion pictures is replete with stories of colorful   personalities who have risen from obscurity to world-wide fame in an incredibly brief span of time, but Mae West is the only one who made herself a star with her opening entrance.
• • Mae West: Blonde, bold, bad, buxom • • ... 
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Friday, 17 May 1935 • •
• • "Goin’ to Town" was released by Paramount Pictures on the weekend — — on Friday, 17 May 1935.
• • On Sunday, 17 May 1936 in Los Angeles • •
• • An article on "Klondike Annie" was in The Los Angeles Times, Sunday, 17 May 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Is Mae West Greta Garbo's greatest rival?
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.”  
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • No nutty nationalist, I find no fault with the nominations except they did not include that sturdiest, acting-est American, Mae West, who, incidentally, seems to be the choice of foreigners in the land of Bernhardt, the land of Duse, and even in the land of West, if box-office votes are any criteria. …
• • Source: New Movie Magazine; published in the issue dated for June 1934
• • 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 4,995th 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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