Mae West: Never Dared

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 2 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: The lady will be 85 this summer • •  
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: You can't argue with a lady, and when the lady will be 85 this summer, who would want to?
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Sixty years ago Mae West looked in the mirror and ordered the clock stopped.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: So far as Mae is concerned, it has never dared to start again.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: To help maintain the illusion, she lives in a kind of time capsule.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Her Hollywood apartment, which she has had since 1932, is still decorated in the style of the 1930s, when she was one of the screen's highest-paid performers.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: A vase of fake white calla lilies stands on a white piano across from a white couch that rests against a mirror set in an off-white wall.
• • Mae West: A generation ahead of her time • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Sunday, 23 August 1891 • •
• • Had she lived, darling little bundle of bliss Katie West would have grown up to be the older sister of Mae West. Instead Katie died in infancy. We commemorate her birth in Brooklyn to a young married couple Matilda and John West 122 years ago.
• • On Wednesday, 23 August 1922 • •
• • On Wednesday, 23 August 1922, the New York Clipper noted: "Mae West, who was with 'The Ginger Box,' which opened and closed rather suddenly, has returned to vaudeville, and opened at Proctor's Fifth Avenue on Monday."
• • On Thursday, 23 August 2001 • •

• • "Mae West: An Icon in Black and White" written by Jill Watts was published in hardcover on 23 August  2001.  An excellent bio. Makes you shake your head at all the "loser" biographies that came after.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • During his time in Los Angeles, one of Derek Taylor's clients in his public relations company was Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Men are my hobby. If I ever got married, I'd have to give it up.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An item on the Shubert's next attractions mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Opens Shubert" • •
• • Billboard wrote: Mae West will be the opener for the Shubert, coming September 2nd for a 3-week stay in "Come On Up." Then "The Fortune Teller" is supposed to follow, coming from the West Coast, with Helen Hayes. ...
• • Source: Billboard Magazine ("Legitimate" on page 44); published on Saturday, 24 August 1946
• • 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 5,065th 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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