Mae West: RKO’s Princely Bid

Malcolm H. Oettinger profiled MAE WEST for Screenland. Since this interview has rarely been seen, let us enjoy it together. This is part 12 of 13.
• • “Going West” • •   
• • Mae West: RKO's princely bid of $100,000 for a single picture • •
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: As this is being written, Miss West has started to work on her third Paramount picture.  

• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: After completing this and one more, Diamond Lil will be open for offers, first among which is RKO's princely bid of $100,000 for a single picture.  
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: This is not publicity money: this is the good round, sum RKO offers Miss West for the privilege of photographing her lavish charms in a series of poses designed to react vigorously upon the box-office.
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: Personally, Mae is naive, proud of her drawing power (as well she may be), anxious to please.  
• • Mae West: Child-like yet age-old • •  …
• • This will be concluded on the next post, the thirteenth.
• • Source: Screenland; published in the issue dated for June 1933.
• • On Friday, 10 May 1935 in NYC • •
• • On Friday, 10 May 1935, "Goin' to Town" opened in Mae West's hometown at the New York Paramount.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Movie star Mae West, in a trailing white satin dress, with make-up thick on her features and a huge bunch of orchids clutched in a heavily jeweled hand, gave a mob of fans a quick smile and was taken off to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The country air does something to you, but I'll take it in small doses."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • Thursday and Friday, May 5-6. Double bill. Mae West in “Every Day's a Holiday.” Mae West in another uproarious story of the gay nineties. Edmund Lowe is her boyfriend in this. …
• • Source: Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar; published on Monday, 2 May 1938
• • 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 4,990th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
________
Source: https://maewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml  
• • Be sure to bookmark or follow The Mae West Blog
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1934 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest