Mae West: Cash in Stockings

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. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 8 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Reaches down into her stocking • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Her success on Broadway never changed her, and her success on the screen has not made a particle of difference in her attitude toward life in general and toward those less fortunate than herself whom she frequently has encountered in her long journey into the various phases of the theater.

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West has a level, as well as a clever head, on her shapely shoulders, and I have never known anyone representing a worthy cause to ask her for financial help that she did not immediately reach down into her stocking — which serves as a bank — and roll off a banknote from her wad.
• • Mae West: A woman of great sympathies • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Wednesday, 26 May 1999 • •
• • Wednesday, 26 May 1999, TV viewers and Mae mavens were able to watch “Intimate Portrait,” Season 5, Episode 28: "Mae West." This was the original air date and it was shown on LIFE.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West made it known she still was "burned up" over claims made by her "husbands" who have been identifying themselves as Mr. Mae West in various parts of the country.
• • "I'll have to meet them all some time," she said.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I never kissed a man in my plays, and seldom on the screen. I always felt that the look before the kiss was more important than the kiss itself."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Screen Marathon • •
• • A continuous showing, 23 l/2 hours, at the Publix Newman, will introduce Paramount's "Belle of the Nineties," with Mae West as the "belle," to Kansas City.
• • George Baker, manager, who has tried the stunt before, said it increased overhead but paid for itself, and it was good publicity. …
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 22 September 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 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
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