Mae West: Hollywood Hibernation

Malcolm H. Oettinger profiled MAE WEST for Screenland. Since this interview has rarely been seen, let us enjoy it together. This is part 9 of 13.
• • “Going West” • •   
• • Mae West: Hollywood is a nice place to hibernate • •
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Mae West told me, “We go through the action the way it'll be after I get all the lines filled in.”  

• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Mae West told me, “My secretary makes a note of everything, and before you know it, an act's set.”  
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Mae West told me, “Then we do two more and we have the show ready."
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Mae thinks Hollywood is a nice place to hibernate, but she decries the absence of night life in the film belt.
• • Mae West: Golden swan bed • • ...
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; published in the issue dated for June 1933.
• • On Saturday, 5 May 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Arrives" was the headline on page 11 in Queensland's Morning Bulletin on Saturday, 5 May 1934. A host of compliments ran, like a elegant train, behind her.
• • Morning Bulletin wrote: Mae West makes you greedy. When you see "She Done Him Wrong," you want more and more of Mae. She is like the most thrilling serial story in the world.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is long back in the days of her buxom prime.   
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If we can send a man to the moon, why don’t we send all of 'em?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The United Press mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West Impatient as 'Marriages' List Grows • •

• • Hollywood, April 24 (By United Press) — — Mae West, curvesome lady of the screen, today called for a showdown to settle the somewhat confusing question of her spinsterhood. "I've got a sense of humor," she said. "Nobody can say I haven't. But this thing is going too far."
• • Patience Is Worn Thin • •
• • Mae's patience became a little worn when she was interrupted while saying "no" to reports of her marriage to one Frank Wallace and asked to explain, if she could, a report that a Mae West married one R. A. Bud Burmester in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1924.
• • "It's a lousy publicity gag, that's what it is," said Miss West, "and I'm not getting anything out of it. If this thing goes any further, I'll call for a real showdown." ...
• • Note: In April 1911, Mae West wed Frank Wallace. Realizing he had a chance to get alimony, her former husband went public with his story after she became famous. The actress denied this for several years.
• • Source: United Press; published on Wednesday, 24 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 4,987th 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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