Mae West: Male Admiration

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 15 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Men know when they are being teased or hoodwinked • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae knows that men know they are being teased and hoodwinked by their platinum blondes and fall for them, but that they are willing to die for their well-rounded, full-bosomed inamoratas of the 1890s.

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Gentlemen like Mae West the minute they meet her, but she never does a thing to attract their attention.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Off the screen she dresses simply — usually in black.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: But men are attracted, as Cary Grant explained to me, by her intense human qualities — her love of people, her interest, and desire for their welfare.
• • Mae West: Frank, spontaneous, and very witty • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Wednesday, 6 June 1934 • •
• • Hollywood's harpy Joe Breen sent another memo (dated 6 June 1934) about changes that must be made to the upcoming Mae West film, still titled "It Ain't No Sin."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • No exhibitionist off the set, Mae West checks her calculated mannerisms and hippy strut at the studio.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have been in love at various points in my career, but as long as my mother lived I shied from marriage. When she died, it released the only governor of possible marriage inclinations."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An obituary mentioned Mae West.
• • Charles Pierce, Female Impersonator • •
• • Diane Haithman wrote: Charles Pierce, a female impersonator renowned for his characterizations of such glamorous Hollywood legends as Mae West, Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead, Gloria Swanson, and Joan Crawford, has died. He was 73.
• • Charles Pierce, who repeatedly announced his retirement during the 1980s, succumbed to cancer Monday night at his home in Toluca Lake. ...
• • Source: Obit: The L.A. Times; published on Wednesday, 2 June 1999 
• • 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 • •
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