Mae West: British Spy 007

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 8 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: A British spy bigger than 007 • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: There are some new witticisms, too.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: When her new husband Timothy Dalton turns out to be a British spy, even bigger, someone says, than 007, Marlo Manners (Mae West) sighs, "I never got a chance to take his measurements."
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: In a story on the making of the “Sextette,” one Los Angeles magazine suggested that the young producers Briggs and Sullivan had done her wrong.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: But the truth is that in “Sextette” Mae West got just what she wanted.

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: At one point, for example, the script called for Marlo Manners to cry.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: She refused, explaining that "Stars don't cry." Accordingly, the objectionable scene was rewritten.
• • Mae West: No pathos • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Wednesday, 31 August 1938 • •
• • An article complimenting Mae West and applauding her newest motion picture "Every Day's a Holiday" was published in The Queenslander (Brisbane, Australia) on Wednesday, 31 August 1938.
• • On Sunday, 31 August 1969 • •
• • "Sex is an emotion in motion," Mae West told The Los Angeles Times on Sunday, 31 August 1969.
• • And that's a pretty provocative way to end a hot month, eh?  
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "I'm No Angel" is doing three times the business of "She Done Him Wrong," Mae West has informed us.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I sat around for 12 weeks drawing money. I never saw a script. This wasn't for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New Zealand paper mentioned Mae West.
• • Ariel wrote: I think it was Mae West who said that her greatest nightmare was talking over the radio and thinking there was no one to listen to her. ...
• • Source: The Press; published on Saturday, 25 August 1934 
• • 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 5,071st 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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Mae West: June Fairchild

MAE WEST worked with actress June Fairchild, who died this month in Los Angeles.
• • June Fairchild  [1946 — 17 February 2015] • •
• • Born in Manhattan Beach, California in 1946 was a little sweet face named June Edna Wilson. She took the stage name of June Fairchild and snagged a few minor roles in "Drive, He Said" [1971], Michael Cimino’s "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" [1974], and Cheech and Chong’s "Up in Smoke" [1978], where she played the Ajax lady.

June Fairchild

• • The same year, June was seen as a reporter in the Mae West film "Sextette" —— the last appearance on the silver screen for both of them.
• • Drug abuse and a fondness for alcohol derailed her career in the 1970s. Her life unraveled and she became a homeless junkie.
• • After battling rough times, June Fairchild died of liver cancer at a convalescent home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, 17 February 2015.  She was 68.
• • In 2001, The Los Angeles Times sent a staff reporter Noaki Schwartz to interview June Fairchild, then living in Los Angeles, California on skid row. June spoke about her fondly remembered days with Mae West on the set.
• • "A Fallen Star" • •
• • Addiction: Former actress, now 54 and living on the streets, dreams of a movie comeback.
• • Noaki Schwartz wrote:  In her eyes, the Rosslyn Hotel is a glorious place. June Fairchild  doesn't see the bars shielding the concierge or the worn patches in the deep red carpet. At 54, she would rather remember what it looked like when she was a starlet in Hollywood during the 1970s. June would rather tell you how she visited actress Mae West in a Rosslyn room during the filming of the grande dame's last movie, "Sextette."
• • "I asked Mae West what the key to her success is," June Fairchild says. "She said, 'I'm very boring in real life. I made up the walk and the talk.' "
• • Noaki Schwartz explained:  Nobody is going to ask June Fairchild that question. They might ask, instead, how she fell from a promising actress partying alongside film and rock 'n' roll legends to a middle-aged woman spending nights curled up in a cardboard box on skid row.
• • Noaki Schwartz continued: With childlike defiance, June says she believes her hardships are temporary. She knows this because years ago, while visiting Mae West, she had a psychic reading. Like any 30-year-old wondering about her future, Fairchild asked whether she would ever get married, have a child and make it as an actress. . . .
• • Source: Article on June Fairchild written by Noaki Schwartz, L.A. Times Staff Writer for The Los Angeles Times; published on Wednesday, 21 February 2001.
• • On Tuesday, 25 February 1913 • •
• • The announcement that "Mae West, the comedienne" was appearing at the Grand ran in the Atlantic Journal on Tuesday, 25 February 1913.
• • On Saturday, 25 February 1922 • •
• • One of Mae's vaudeville idols was Bert Williams [12 November 1874 — 4 March 1922]. The pre-eminent Black entertainer of his era (birthname Egbert Austin Williams), was born on the island of Antigua [West Indies]. In 1888 his family moved to Los Angeles. He began his entertainment career in 1892 in San Francisco.
• • Stricken with pneumonia, Bert Williams did not want to miss performances, aware that he was the only bright spot keeping an otherwise middling musical alive at the box office. After collapsing onstage in Detroit, on Saturday, 25 February 1922 while singing "Under The Bamboo Tree," Bert Williams initially fooled his Michigan audience, who thought he was clowning around. Escorted to his dressing room, Williams joked, "That's a nice way to die. They was laughing when I made my last exit."
• • Bert Williams returned to his home in New York City but his condition deteriorated and he died in a hospital on March 4th. He was 47 years old.
• • On Tuesday, 25 February 1936 • •
• • Motion Picture Herald ran a feature on "Klondike Annie" in their issue dated on Tuesday, 25 February 1936.
• • Citizen News did an article on "Klondike Annie" on Tuesday, 25 February 1936. Three days earlier, on 22 February 1936, gossip columnist Louella Parsons weighed in on Mae West's latest motion picture, too.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Popular Hollywood actors and actresses like Charlie Chaplin and Mae West had drinks named in their honor. The Mae West cocktail contains brandy, half an egg yolk, sugar, and cayenne pepper.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You can see for yourself, a girl's just as old as she feels."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about the Oscar ceremonies mentioned Mae West.
• • TheJournal.ie wrote: Rock Hudson and Mae West caused a stir with their ‘kingsize’ rendition of the song "Baby It’s Cold Outside" at the 1957 awards show. ...
• • Source: News: "Five of the biggest Oscar night controversies" written by TheJournal.ie;  published on Sunday, 26 February 2012 
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •    
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during this past decade. The other day we entertained 1,430 visitors. We reached a milestone this week: 3,100 posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3122nd 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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Mae West: Annual Testimonial

MAE WEST was once feted on March 21st. Grab a glass of champagne and follow me.
• • On Sunday, 21 March 1982, Miss West and her career were the subject of the annual testimonial dinner put on by the Friends of the Libraries at the USC campus in Los Angeles, wrote Jon Tuska in his book "The Complete Films of Mae West."
• • The event was organized by Stanley Musgrove, president of the group, and his co-author George Eells. They summoned this gathering to introduce their biography about the Brooklyn bombshell which had been published by Morrow that year: "Mae West: The Lies, the Legend, the Truth."
• • Jon Tuska continued: "Paul Novak was there. He stood up and took a bow, but he didn't say anything. His image of Miss West in her declining years would probably have been a damper on the whole occasion."
• • Oh, my. Don't you wish you had been invited to that annual testimonial dinner and gotten a free autographed copy?
• • Timothy Dalton's Birthday • •
• • Mae West's co-star and screen husband in "Sextette," Timothy Dalton was born in March — — on Thursday, 21 March 1946. He is 68 today and we wish him a Happy Birthday!
• • On Saturday, 21 March 1936 in the Hollywood Reporter • •
• • The trade publication Hollywood Reporter followed the back-biting between Will Hays and the film starring Mae West "Klondike Annie." They printed an article about this in their issue dated for Saturday, 21 March 1936.
• • On Monday, 21 March 2005 • •
• • Talented Tom Tierney, who does the enjoyable series for Dover on celebrity paper dolls, released his beautiful work "Mae West Paper Doll" in paperback on Monday, 21 March 2005.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Hollywood, who loves a good, hearty feud, was anticipating with much enthusiasm the opportunity of seeing George Raft and Mae West crowding each other in the close-ups of "It Ain't No Sin."
• • George Raft was eager to play opposite the voluptuous star feeling, not without reason, that he could hold his own.  "No matter how small my part is," George insisted, "I'm going to play it if I can write one line of dialogue into the script."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Sometimes I think I'm a narrow-minded woman."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A poetry calendar mentioned Mae West. 
• • Christine Kennedy is a Sheffield-based writer and artist. Her publications include contributions to Reality Street’s 4Pack 4: Renga+ and the chapbook Possessions (2003). Recent work includes the group show 10x10x10 at Sheffield’s Bloc Studios and Dusting the Mae West Memorial Library.  ...
• •  Source: British events calendar; published on Saturday, 19 March 2005 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2875th 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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