Mae West: British Spy 007

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 8 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: A British spy bigger than 007 • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: There are some new witticisms, too.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: When her new husband Timothy Dalton turns out to be a British spy, even bigger, someone says, than 007, Marlo Manners (Mae West) sighs, "I never got a chance to take his measurements."
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: In a story on the making of the “Sextette,” one Los Angeles magazine suggested that the young producers Briggs and Sullivan had done her wrong.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: But the truth is that in “Sextette” Mae West got just what she wanted.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: At one point, for example, the script called for Marlo Manners to cry.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: She refused, explaining that "Stars don't cry." Accordingly, the objectionable scene was rewritten.
• • Mae West: No pathos • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Wednesday, 31 August 1938 • •
• • An article complimenting Mae West and applauding her newest motion picture "Every Day's a Holiday" was published in The Queenslander (Brisbane, Australia) on Wednesday, 31 August 1938.
• • On Sunday, 31 August 1969 • •
• • "Sex is an emotion in motion," Mae West told The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, 31 August 1969.
• • And that's a pretty provocative way to end a hot month, eh?  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "I'm No Angel" is doing three times the business of "She Done Him Wrong," Mae West has informed us.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I sat around for 12 weeks drawing money. I never saw a script. This wasn't for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New Zealand paper mentioned Mae West.
• • Ariel wrote: I think it was Mae West who said that her greatest nightmare was talking over the radio and thinking there was no one to listen to her. ...
• • Source: The Press; published on Saturday, 25 August 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 • •
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