Mae West: Was It Gay?

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 10 of 18 segments.
• • Mae West’s Secret Self • •
• • Mae West: Unless you’re bad, you don’t get a break • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West swears that nobody remembers a good girl, and that you've got to be bad to make the world give you a break.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Well, listen to this:
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She gave her first Hollywood party the other day.

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: "Come on, boys," she said, with that husky, insinuating drawl of hers, "let's go!"    
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: And they went, with a will! Was that party gay? Did they yell and scream? Did they make whoopee?  
• • Mae West: Joy unrefined • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; issue dated for October 1933.
• • On Thursday, 29 July 1937 • •
• • Frank Wallace and the on-going lawsuit he initiated, to get the court to recognize his marriage in 1911 to Mae West, made enough waves in the news media. However, an item in the Los Angeles Citizen-News on Thursday, 29 July 1937 reported that Paramount Pictures "announced 98% of her fan mail had been favorable" despite the drawn-out divorce debacle.  
• • 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 • •
• • I doubt that Mae West is the last of her line. More subtle approaches are distinctly possible.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Men and jewels are my hobby."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media mentioned Mae West.
• • "Why women go to the movies" • •
• • Marc Silberman wrote: The vamp represents one of the few female images that is allowed to look at men freely. Mae West couples her disparaging meat-tester's gaze directly with carnal motives: after a few knowledgeable glances she taps the men on their rear ends. In contrast to this is Marilyn Monroe's constantly veiled stare.  ...
• • Source: Excerpt from an article written in German by Gertrud Koch, translated into English by Marc Silberman; published in Jump Cut, number 27, pp. 51-53, issue dated for July 1982
• • 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 5,048th 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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