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 25 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Wounded to the heart • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: It was useless — home they went — and little Mae, wounded to the heart, never entered the undiscerning old lady's portals again.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Another day her mother took her to the toy department of a store on Brooklyn's Broadway to buy a doll.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: When she entered the shop, Mae's eyes lit upon a shelf full of matchless beauties with flaxen hair and long, curling eyelashes.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: On the top of a pyramid of boxes, so high the salesman could not reach them, Mae spied immediately the doll she wanted — a fetching creation in lavender.
• • Mae West: When her mind is made up • • ...
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Wednesday, 20 June 1934 • •
• • "Mae West May Be Dropped" • •
• • Hollywood, June 19th — Hollywood movie companies are alarmed at the effects of a ban of the National Women's Council on famous studios, such as Paramount and United Artists, because of suggestive and indecent pictures they have produced.
• • It is rumored here that the end of the careers of Mae West and Anna Sten, the sensational Russian star, is likely if the ban extends. ...
• • Source: The Barrier Miner; published on Wednesday, 20 June 1934.
• • On Monday, 20 June 2022 • •
• • Happy National Kissing Day. • •
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • For a woman who is so outspoken on certain subjects, and who has launched a thousand epigrams, Mae West is cautiously secretive.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A man's kiss is his signature!"
• • Mae West said: "I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them."
• • Mae West said: "Kiss me, you dog." [Movie dialogue for Maudie Triplett]
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A British journalist mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West to Play "I'm a Saint" • •
• • British columnist Greville Bain wrote: Mae West as a saint! Whatever one may think of Miss Mae West, everyone must admit that she is irrepressible, although a little while ago there was a prediction that she had almost run her course. Even the matter of years was raised against her. There were rumours of marriage a quarter of a century ago, but Miss West denied the marriage and repudiated the husband.
• • Greville Bain explained: There is no need to accept Miss West as a mere girl in order to be convinced of the abounding life in her. Her peculiar crawling walk is as much suggestive of vitality as is the stride of Katharine Hepburn.
• • Greville Bain explained: Her personality may be too marked to be various, but she will not stereotype her roles, and the latest news is that she will appear as a religious leader. The title chosen for the projected picture is "Hallelujah, I'm a Saint."
• • Greville Bain added: This shows that Miss West is capable of attempting anything. One cannot imagine her as the inspirer of a new hot-gospelling movement even in California. Miss West's cynicism is a thing which she wears as obviously as she wears her diamonds. "I'm a Saint" seems to be a strange corrective to "I'm No Angel." …
• • Note: The movie title would be revised to “Klondike Annie.”
• • Source: The Queenslander; published on Thursday, 20 June 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 5,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,019th 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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