Mae West: Naughty Nuptials

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 7 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: If you accept the premise • •  
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: If you accept the premise that a handsome man in his early thirties would be panting to go to bed with an 84-year-old woman, then the movie proceeds logically enough.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Before the happy pair can crawl between the satin sheets, they encounter (in no particular order) Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, George Hamilton, Dom DeLuise, George Raft, Alice Cooper, Walter Pidgeon, Mr. Universe, Mr. U.S.A., Mr. America, Mr. California, Mr. Pennsylvania.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: And there was a man (Ed Beheler) who looks so much like Jimmy Carter that even Miss Lillian might have set him down for a bowl of hominy grits.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: The bridal couple also stumble across some unforgettable double entendres from Mae's old pictures: "When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better," and the immortal witticism: "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"
• • Mae West: A British spy bigger than 007 • • …  
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.   
• • On Sunday, 30 August 1970 in The L.A. Times • •
• • Joyce Haber referred to Mae West as "the Last of the Living Legends" in The Los Angeles Times Calendar on Sunday, 30 August 1970.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Ben Oakland wrote the song "Willie of the Valley" with Milton Drake [1916 — 2006] for the motion picture set in the Old West, "My Little Chickadee" [1940]. And this had a double distinction of being the only number in the movie — — and it was sung by Mae West herself.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not making a comeback. I never went away!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New York Times reviewed "The Constant Sinner," a play for the stage by Mae West that was set in Harlem.
• • The New York Times wrote: "It is underworld material from start to finish, and Miss West handles her role with surety and a sufficiency of wisecracks that provide laughter with frequency." ...
• • Source: The New York Times; published on Sunday, 30 August 1931
• • 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 5,070th 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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