Mae West: Flexed Her Muscles

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 15 of 15 segments, the finale.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Had two 10-lb. dumbbells • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Along with all the other bric-a-brac in the living room are two 10-lb. dumbbells, "Mae West" engraved on either end.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Can she really lift them?
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Again Novak answers. "Flex your muscles, dear," he commands.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Mae West lifts her arm, and shows a biceps that many men a third her age might envy. "I've been doing that," she says matter-of-factly, "since I was ten."
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: And, such is her belief in herself, perdurable and everlasting, she will probably still be doing it when she is 110.     
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• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Sunday, 9 September 1934 • •
• • "Me and My Past" was reprinted in Delaware Star on Sunday, 9 September 1934.  Among other matters, Mae West discusses ("How Her Famous Gait Was Born with Ed Wynn and Frank Tinney") the development of her slow, studied, slouchy strut while appearing on Broadway in "Sometime" with Ed Wynn, a comedian who moved very quickly across the stage.
• • R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II [21 April 1926 — 8 September 2022] • •
• • The house of Mae West met the House of Windsor when photographs of Princess Margaret, costumed as the screen queen, were part of a lawsuit.

• • As children during the 1930s and teenagers during the 1940s , Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret occasionally impersonated figures from classic fairytales (like "Cinderella") and Arabian folklore (like "Aladdin") as well as portraying the iconic American screen siren at an occasional costume party.
• • Then in September 1978, 48-year-old Princess Margaret [21 August 1930 — 9 February 2002] attended a private event, lavishly costumed as the Brooklyn bombshell. Some "amateur dramatics" were offered for the enjoyment of the attendees.
• • Guess what happened next?  
• • Photographs of Princess Margaret costumed as Mae West and Roddy Llewellyn as a wizard, taken at Anne Tennant's private party, were pilfered and published in the Daily Mail, a British tabloid.
• • This scandalous bit of money-grubbing was heard in London's High Court during the month of March.

• • "Court Wrangle over Pix of Princess Margaret as Mae West" • •
• • The photographs were taken by the Princess Margaret's Lady-in-Waiting Anne Tennant at a party she and her husband, Colin Tennant, gave at their Scottish home last September.  . . .
• • But Lady Anne said the photographs were later taken from her London home by her own son, Mr. Charles Tennant, without her consent.
• • He gave the purloined pictures to a man, Michael "Muddy" Waters, who sold them to the Daily Mail for 3,000 pounds sterling . . .
• • The photographs showed Princess Margaret dressed as Mae West and as a Valkyrie, a woman warrior in Norse mythology.  ...
• • Source: The Glasgow Herald; published on Friday, 9 March 1979.
• • Note: The British princesses are shown in 1936 (at the piano) and in 1941, performing in "Cinderella." It seems that everyone, even the royals, can appreciate playing another role for a little while.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Joseph Breen wrote: "Just so long as we have Mae West on our hands with the particular kind of story which she goes in for, we are going to have trouble. Difficulty is inherent in a Mae West picture."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Jazz suited me. I liked the beat and the emotions."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Courier News mentioned Mae West.
• • "Prison Her Own Show" • •
• • "Mae West's 'Diamond Lil' Gives New Visions to Ladies — — And Also to Men" • •
• • Willis Thornton wrote: This is the second of three stories on Mae West, the buxom actress who is restoring curves to feminine favor.
• • Willis Thornton continued: When Mae West emerged from her ten days as a guest of New York City's Welfare Island resort, she came forth as a conquering hero. That the city had sent her there because 12 good men and true had decided her play "Sex" was indecent made no difference. Women's clubs hailed her as a social force.  ...
• • Source: The Courier News (page 3); published on Saturday, 9 September 1933
• • 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 5,078th 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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