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 7 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Wanted to reach the top • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Miss West, as I said before, never forgot that her aim was to reach the very top.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She has never forgotten to be a woman, and it is this warm, gracious quality which has helped her to become the celebrity she is today.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Despite the fact that she is now a world-wide figure, those who knew Mae West "when," and "after," find her the same kindly, unaffected, hard-working woman she was when she first became known in show business.
• • Mae West: Reaches down into her stocking • • ...
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Saturday, 25 May 1912 • •
• • When Mae West made her solo debut at Hammerstein's, the act was eleven minutes of dances and songs that were delivered in a Bert Williams like manner — — talking her way through. [Think of Rex Harrison's talking his way through his numbers in "My Fair Lady."] Mae selected "Parisienne," "Dancing-Prancing," and "Rap, Rap, Rap." She closed her act with a sultry cooch.
• • Reviewing this variety artist in their issue dated Saturday, 25 May 1912, The New York Clipper felt that a number of well-placed comrades in the audience were there, helping her along.
• • On 25 May 1912, Variety's critic called her a "freak." In their opinion, Mae's presentation lacked "that touch of class that is becoming requisite nowadays for first-class houses."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • National reports on Mae West's latest Paramount picture, "Belle of the Nineties," indicate that the film is doubling previous average business in many situations, according to Paramount.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Don't cry for a man who's left you — — the next one may fall for your smile.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Florida newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "The Myth of W.C." • •
• • Roger K. Miller wrote: This is not to say that W.C. Fields [1880 — 1946] did not drink; he died at age 66 of cirrhosis of the liver due to chronic alcoholism.
• • Roger K. Miller wrote: But in the public mind he has been the stage drunkard, rather than the irreverent toper that was the style he cultivated, just as he is commonly linked with Mae West, when in truth he made but one film with her (“My Little Chickadee”). …
• • Source: The Sun Sentinel; published on Sunday, 6 April 2003
• • 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 • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,001st 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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