Mae West: Scared of Mice

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 9 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: A woman of great sympathies • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Ostentatious in her love of jewelry, nevertheless Mae West has contributed large sums unostentatiously to worthy causes.  

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: The only party she ever gave in Hollywood was for the little orphans at the circus, where pink lemonade and peanuts were the refreshments.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West is a woman of great sympathies, great courage, and it is obvious she is remarkably abstemious in her private life.  
• • Mae West is afraid of mice • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae said she never smokes [sic] or drinks, yet being feminine, she's scared to death of a mouse.
• • Mae West: Remarkable, fascinating • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Friday, 27 May 2005 • •
• • Talented artist Tom Tierney released his wonderful "Mae West Paper Doll" book on Friday, 27 May 2005. Dover published it.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The case of Mae West's picture, "Belle of the Nineties," is one in point.
• • After New York censors refused to pass the Mae West production, it came back to the studio for retakes, and general refurbishing.
• • This cost the Production Code intends to eliminate in future by suggesting changes when a script is just a glint in a writer's eye, long before the scenario is introduced to the camera.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Say what you want about long dresses but they cover a multitude of shins.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Motion Picture Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Good Stunt • •
• • Completely satisfied was Manager George S. Baker, of the Publix Newman Theatre in Kansas City, with his 23-hour continuous run to introduce Mae West in Paramount Pictures' "Belle of the Nineties" to the public.  
• • Estimated boost in the weekly gross for the run of $2,000 is the reason for the Baker elation.
• • In preparation is Miss West's novelization of the film.  ...
• • Source: Motion Picture Herald; published on Saturday, 29 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 • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,003rd 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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