Mae West: Old Routines

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 14 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Can laugh at herself • •  
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Now she is back in her old routine.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: She gets up at noon and goes to bed between 1 and 3 a.m.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Occasionally she and Paul Novak go out to dinner, and her chauffeur frequently drives them out to her ten-acre ranch in the San Fernando Valley, where her sister Beverly lives and where Mae exercises by walking on an old, half-mile horse track.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: When she is at home, she faithfully pedals on a stationary bicycle in the kitchen and lifts weights.
• • Mae West: Had two 10-lb. dumbbells • • …   
• • This 1978 interview will be concluded on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Monday, 8 September 1969 • •

• • Stanley Musgrove noted in his log on Monday, 8 September 1969 how much Mae West was trying to rewrite her portion of the script to make the character Leticia Van Allen more interesting.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Belle of the Nineties" is a little of everything. Even "St. Louis Blues" and "Memphis Blues" are in it — — she did "Frankie and Johnny" in "Diamond Lil."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I’m no model lady.  A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A London newspaper Sunday Express mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West" Was His Invention! • •

• • Sunday Express wrote: In the Patent Office, in Chancery Lane, London, the records show against the numbers 307,228, 343,782, and 455,336 the name of James John Evans.
• • Sunday Express wrote: Thousands of airmen owe their lives to an invention registered under these numbers.  
• • Sunday Express wrote: But they have never heard of James John Evans, the veteran who died last week at Rhyl, North Wales. Not even his neighbours knew his great life-saving secret, for he never talked about it.
• • Sunday Express wrote: He used to say to his wife that he was well rewarded for his invention every time he read of an airman being saved from "the drink."
• • Sunday Express wrote: For he invented the lifesaving jacket known as the "Mae West." He was in the RAF in World War I.  — — London "Sunday Express," 10/6/45. …
• • Source: Rpt by The Argus (Melbourne, Australia); published on Saturday, 8 September 1945
• • 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 5,077th 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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