Mae West: Her Best Invention

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 9 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: None of the pathos • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: There is, in fact, none of the pathos of the aging star about Mae, none of the desperate anxiety of the character played by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Dressed in a white pants suit, her lips painted a bright, girlish peach, she is jollity itself.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: The famous laugh, which percolates leisurely to the throat, is young and vital still.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Mae West is her own best invention, and no one believes in it or enjoys it more than she herself.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: "All I look for is harmony," says Mae West.
• • Mae West: "If I argue, I get nasty” • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Tuesday, 1 September 1931 • •
• • After "The Constant Sinner" (set in Harlem) opened, Variety made its feelings known in their issue dated for Tuesday, 1 September 1931.  Variety noted: "Diamond Lil" was a Mother Goose story compared to this one.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's blunt sexuality made her both famous and notorious and despite her advancing age she quickly built a reputation as a daring sex symbol. Such was her success that within three years it was claimed she was the second highest paid person in the United States behind only newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “There was the robber, waving his gun in my face, and asking me to turn over my jewels to him. I said, 'Listen, big boy, you can have the jewels, but do you mind lowering that gun a bit? I can always get more jewels, but I've got to have my face to do it with!'"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Vogue by Cecelia Ager discussed Mae West.
• • “Mae West Reveals the Foundation of the 1900 Mode” • •
• • Cecelia Ager wrote: The Mae West silhouette, so unselfishly revealed in “She Done Him Wrong” is not, then, chance ― ― but the ultimate triumph of a lifelong conviction. Mae West’s childhood intimates, it turns out, have not betrayed her.
• • Cecelia Ager wrote: Old-fashioned about a great many things, she believes in the Battle of the Sexes ― ― and in being well equipped for the fray. …
• • Source: Vogue Magazine; published on Friday, 1 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 5,072nd 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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