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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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: West by North

MAE WEST landed on page 2 of the Ludington Daily News on Thursday, 4 June 1936. The headline in this Michigan newspaper was "Mae West Takes First Plane Trip." Interestingly, the celebrated passenger had booked her passage as "Miss North."
• • Hollywood,  June 4 — Mae West, who invites people to "come up and see me sometime" went up herself Wednesday but not to see anyone in particular.
• • The buxom film blonde took her first airplane ride Wednesday, flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. She was a little nervous at first, but upon landing she said she was going to do "a lot of flying from now on."  Her new studio contract permits her to fly in planes.
• • Asked why she was booked as "Miss North" on a southbound plane, Mae's cute comeback was, "I guess they got their directions mixed a little."
• • On Tuesday, 4 June 1935 • •
• • Mae West was the cover girl for the French publication Midinette Journal Illustrate. Issue # 425 was dated for Tuesday, 4 June 1935. Oooh-la-la.
• • On Tuesday, 4 June 1940 in Look Magazine • •
• • The popular magazine Look featured Mae West, Greta Garbo, and Lana Turner in their issue dated for Tuesday, 4 June 1940.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • There is scarcely a player on the screen today whose emotional or artistic career has not been vitally affected by a coincidence.  Yes, even Mae West's career.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him."  
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A British physician scrutinized Mae West.
• • "Film Stars Criticised — Mae West's Weight" • •

• • London, June 2nd — Good and bad words for film stars were said respectively by Mr. George Arliss at a meeting of the Royal Society of Arts and Dr. H. W. Taylor at a meeting of the Library Association.
• • Dr. H. W. Taylor scathingly criticised British film actresses. 'They are all thin-lipped,' he said, 'and about two nutmegs in weight. All appear to be from about 14 to 17 years or age. I am told that Mae West weighs more than one or two nutmegs — — but she is not British.'
• • Source: Article: "Mae West's Weight" — rpt in The Courier-Mail (Brisbane); published on Friday, 4 June 1937
• • 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 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,100 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3193rd 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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