Mae West: Agreed to Pay

MAE WEST was a soft touch for a hard luck story. Mae rarely discussed her generosity in an interview, however, which makes this seldom seen piece in Screenland worth reading. This is Part 5 of 18 segments.
• • Mae West’s Secret Self • •
• • Mae West: Tried to cure an inmate of her addiction • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: The first thing the girl did was to buy herself a dress.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: A man had followed her into the dressing-room.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: He gave Miss West his card and they drew aside.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Before he left, Miss West had agreed to pay doctor's and nurse's fees and hospital bills amounting to several hundred dollars, in an attempt to cure the girl of the drug habit.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: The man was a specialist, but Miss West had been loath to give the case into his hands without summing him up herself.   
• • Mae West: Caught maurauding the larder • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; issue dated for October 1933.   
• • On Sunday, 22 July 1934 • •
• • "Mae West Achieves Fame with Her Books" • •

• • On Sunday, 22 July 1934, The Sunday Times (Perth, Australia) wrote: "Mae West is as great a favorite with a section of the world's reading public as she is with motion picture audiences, it was revealed recently on the arrival in Hollywood of the president of the company acting as her publishers."
• • Sunday Times continued: The president journeyed from his New York headquarters to present her with the first copy of the British edition of her novel, "She Done Him Wrong," and to get her signature on a contract for translation of the same book into French. The demand for Miss West's book made it necessary to start foreign translations, as well as having special editions ordered in England.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for eighteen years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Lawyers pondered the possible legal harvest of Mr. Mae West's suit.
• • Under California law, property, except gifts, acquired by either husband or wife after marriage becomes community property, owned half and half by either spouse. Mae West's 1935 income was $480,000. Her current worth, mostly acquired since the 1911 wedding, is estimated as $3,000,000.  
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Why, the most absurd thing I ever heard of are these Hollywood divorces with the two principals announcing all over the newspapers how much they still love each other though they don’t want to keep on living together. Of course, they don’t love each other – that’s too silly for words. One or both of them has lost sex appeal. It all comes down to that.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • United Press mentioned Mae West and Frank Wallace.
• • Loves Her as Wife • •
• • Mae West’s Spouse Invites Himself to Her Fireside; “Or Else” Half Her Fortune • •
• • “Frank Wallace is still Miss West’s husband whether she likes it or not,” stated Sam Siegel. “The offer to live with her proves that.”
• • seeking a restraining order • •
• • Just to prove to Miss West that they are not kidding, Siegel said he intends to file suit seeking a restraining order to prevent Mae from disposing of any of the $3,000,000 she supposedly has stowed away. Siegel said the letter to Miss West explained in detail that Wallace was ready to “assume openly our relations as husband and wife.” …
• • Source: U.P. coverage rpt in Healdsburg Tribune (California); published on Friday, 9 July 1937
• • 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 18th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen 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 eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,043rd 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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