Malcolm H. Oettinger profiled MAE WEST for Screenland. Since this interview has rarely been seen, let us enjoy it together. This is part 8 of 13.
• • “Going West” • •
• • Mae West: She sees the funny side of sex • •
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: It is the West manner of sinning with a smile that has catapulted her into public favor.
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: She sees the funny side of sex.
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: She gave me a vivid idea of how her plays were composed.
• • Malcolm H. Oettinger wrote: "I get an idea, see," Mae West explained. "Then I get together a cast of actors, then we rent a rehearsal hall and rehearse."
• • Mae West: Hollywood is a nice place to hibernate • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; published in the issue dated for June 1933.
• • On Saturday, 4 May 1935 • •
• • A Los Angeles Times columnist noted on Saturday, 4 May 1935, that the news about Mae West's secret marriage to Frank Wallace had "chased Hitler, the NRA, and the quintuplets off the front page of every newspaper in America for two weeks."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • During her summer at college, May Mann began to pursue an interview with Mae West. According to May, this stunning star evaded the press in fine Garbo fashion. It was May's dream to actually go "up and see [her] some time," and write an exclusive on it.
• • According to the editor of the Standard-Examiner, May Mann got the interview "after two years of repeated effort ... after considerable maneuvering, near appointments, and finally by pulling all the 'strings of power and pull' in Hollywood."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "We women have been kept down for a long time. And I guess equality will come. That's progress."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Madera Tribune mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West at National" • •
• • Hollywood's hottest spot has been located. It’s not the set where the hero and heroine embrace passionately. Rather it’s the foundry operated inside the Paramount studio.
• • George Raft, virile young star, is featured with Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, and Alison Skipworth in "Night after Night,” screen adaptation of Bromfield's novel [sic], “Single Night,” which comes to the National Theatre Sunday, spent as much of his time between scenes as he could spare watching the workmen in the model foundry.
• • The process kept Raft continually fascinated. …
• • Source: Madera Tribune (California); published on Thursday, 20 April 1933
• • 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 4,986th 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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