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 6 of 18 segments.
• • Mae West’s Secret Self • •
• • Mae West: Caught maurauding the larder • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She has learned to size people up at a glance.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: When the pair had gone, Miss West looked like a naughty school girl caught maurauding the larder.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: When she was a vaudeville headliner some years ago, a performer named Dan Makarenko [1879 ― 1957] frequently appeared on the same bills with Mae West.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae said Makarenko was an important figure then, in the world of the four-a-day.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: But entertainment tastes shifted from vaudeville to the deluxe motion picture theatres.
• • Mae West: Vaudevillian Dan Makarenko was important once • •…
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; issue dated for October 1933.
• • On Thursday, 25 July 1946 • •
• • Notice Mae West's strappy platform high heels. Very very much the 1940s chic.
• • 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 • •
• • Hollywood — William Morris, Jr., Murray Feil, William Perlberg, Albert G. Ruben, Moss Hart, Harold Hecht, Bert Marx, Alexander Hall, Frankie Eastman, and Arthur Lubin at Mae West's Paramount party.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "As a rule I have most actors around me work faster than I do; they keep the pace while I take my liberties in my timing."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in a Singapore newspaper discussed Mae West
• • "Notes on the Screen" • •
• • Mae West's next film will be "The Queen of Sheba" • •
• • "Close-Up" offered this tidbit to film fans on 25 July 1934: I understand that Mae West's next film will be "The Queen of Sheba." That is not a joke. My information is that "the production will not be burlesque, and the star will give a 'straight' characterisation." Clearly Miss West is ambitious; but her ambition may lead her into trouble. . . .
• • "Close-Up" added: As the Queen of Sheba she would have to create a very different characterisation. It remains to be seen whether she can do that. Cecil B. deMille at once suggests himself as director. He directed Betty Blythe in the original Queen of Sheba film. …
• • Source: The Argus (Australia), on page 5; published on Wednesday, 25 July 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 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 5,044th 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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