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 1 of 18 segments.
• • Scoop! Screenland turns the searchlight of truth on the easy-to-get, hard-to-forget gal — and reveals certain secrets never before published.
• • Mae West’s Secret Self • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West leads a double life — yes, she's that kind of a girl!
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She's tight-lipped, that's what she is, about her personal affairs.
• • Mae West: Easy-to-get, hard-to-forget • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; issue dated for October 1933.
• • On Sunday, 18 July 1937 • •
• • "Husband of Mae West — Marriage Valid" • •
• • Los Angeles, July 16. The Court has given a ruling in favour of Mr. Frank Wallace, declaring valid his marriage with the Hollywood film actress Miss Mae West.
• • After Miss West had denied for many years that she had ever been married, she admitted earlier this month that Mr. Wallace, a vaudeville performer, became her husband in 1911, 26 years ago.
• • Source: News from Melbourne, Australia; published on Sunday, 18 July 1937.
• • 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 • •
• • Interviewed for The L.A. Times by California reporter Muriel Babcock, Mae West told her, "The screen doesn't require as much acting of a certain type. The camera catches the slightest facial movements, the slightest twitch of an eye."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I enjoyed my success with no false humility and no coy hiding of my ego under a basket. I had worked very hard since a teenager."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australian newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Fell in Hotel, Claims Dollars" • •
• • New York, July 16 (A.A.P.) — Actress Mae West to-day sued New York's Hotel Chatham for 250,000 dollars, damages for injuries received in a fall in her bathroom there. She alleged that a defective floor-mat caused the fall, which made her "sick, sore, lame, and disabled."
• • Miss West said she was prevented from continuing to earn 3,000 dollars weekly as the star of the play "Diamond Lil." The fall, she said, broke bones in her left ankle. …
• • Source: The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW), page 1; published on Sunday, 17 July 1949
• • 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 5,039th 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.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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