Mae West: Knew Hardships

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 14 of 18 segments.
• • Mae West’s Secret Self • •
• • Mae West: She has known hardships, too • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: This same Mae West is a practical, sensible woman, who has seen many sides of life.  

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She knows its hardships, its uncertainties, its recompenses.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: When George Raft was having difficulties with Paramount, she called him into her dressing-room, where she was making personal appearances in conjunction with "She Done Him Wrong."  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Raft had left Hollywood in a huff and was out of a job.
• • Mae West: A “Dutch uncle” • • …
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Screenland; issue dated for October 1933.   
• • On Monday, 4 August 1913 • •
• • On Monday, 4 August 1913 Mae West opened for Evelyn Nesbit, who gave ballroom dancing lessons to an adoring audience at Hammerstein's Victoria on 42nd Street. Overshadowed by the notorious Nesbit, Mae's good work was unappreciated that evening.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Imagine the embarrassment of a Paramount press agent the other day when he introduced Mae West to May Robson [19 April 1858 — 20 October 1942].
• • Miss Robson had heard of Miss West (and who hasn't?) but Miss West didn't know who Miss Robson was — — and said so.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Nobody ever called me high hat — and they've called me lots of things."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Australian mentioned Mae West.
• • "Glenfiddich and Glenmorangie move Orwell, Churchill, and Mae West to dram appreciation" • •
• • Tim Douglas wrote: Laphraoig, 24 years, another expensive dram for a “young’un”; but this, asserted our grain-fed guru, was no trifling post-deadline booze-up. “This, my boys, is an investment in your futures.”   
• • Tim Douglas continued: As the months progressed, there were quotes from Mae West, the authors Raymond Chandler, and George Orwell, as well as a quip from Sir Winston Churchill about water and whisky during the war.   ...
• • Note: Unfortunately, no one's quote was offered in this article. Why could Mae have said about whisky?
• • Source: The Australian; published on Saturday, 25 July 2015
• • 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 5,052nd 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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