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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Mae West: Spiteful Gossip

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 13 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Spiteful gossips spread false stories • •  

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Spiteful gossips are spreading a story that Mae's radio once picked up the signals from a police helicopter and that, still on cue, she began reporting traffic conditions on the Hollywood Freeway.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Not true at all, declares actor Dom DeLuise indignantly (who played the role of Marlo Manners's manager Dan Turner).
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: What is true, DeLuise adds, is that on only one occasion Mae West repeated Hughes' directions to the cameraman.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: "But in all fairness," he adds, "Mae West laughed more than anyone else when she realized what she had done."

• • Mae West: Laughs at herself • • … 
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Wednesday, 7 September 1949 • •
• • The "Diamond Lil" revival enjoyed great success at the venerable Plymouth Theatre [236 West 45th Street]. It opened there on Wednesday, 7 September 1949 — — and had four months of performances (182 performances) on Broadway.
• • In his admiring review of her 1949 reinvigorated Bowery queen romp through her popular "naughty nineties" hit, The New York Times drama critic Brooks Atkinson admitted he was moved to acknowledge what he called — — in an atypically poetic effusion — — ''the sublime fatalism of the entire business,'' and he went on to ask: ''Is she kidding or is she serious?''
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Even after finding his groove as an actor, Lyle Talbot was still a bit of a wide-eyed kid from Nebraska. He was a party-goer and ladies' man, but he was so put off, even frightened, by actress Mae West's in-your-face sexuality that he hid out for a week to avoid joining the road company of "Sex," her latest scandalous play.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm for the masses and the masses are, it seems, all for Diamond Lil."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australian publication discussed how popular Mae West was.
• • "Grand Theatre — Second Week for Mae West" • •
• • Film World wrote: Only films that prove more than usually popular are permitted to occupy the screen for two weeks at the Grand Theatre and, naturally, the acclaimed Mae West success, "I'm No Angel," falls into this class. It will enter on its second and final week today . . .
• • Source: The West Australian (on page 3); published on Friday, 7 September 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 5,076th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Errant Memory

MAE WEST enjoyed copious coverage in Time Magazine ― some of it positive such as her 1978 interview with Gerald Clarke. This is Part 12 of 15 segments.
• • "Show Business: At 84 Mae West Is Still Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Her errant memory • •
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Asked what she is working on now, she turns blankly to Paul Novak, who tells her that she is working on a film version of her 1927 play, “The Drag.”

• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Her errant memory caused a few problems during the shooting of Sextette, and when Mae couldn't remember her lines, the schedule began to slip.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Director Ken Hughes (Cromwell) finally found the solution, and a small radio receiver was placed over her left ear, where it was conveniently hidden by her enormous wig.
• • Gerald Clarke wrote: Hughes would broadcast the lines to her, and she would repeat them word for word.
• • Mae West: Spiteful gossips spread false stories • • …   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Time Magazine; issue dated for Monday, 22 May 1978.
• • On Sunday, 6 September 1942 • •
• • A photo of Mae West, costumed as Diamond Lil, appeared in the American Weekly supplement of the Los Angeles Examiner (on page 7) on Sunday, 6 September 1942.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Edith Head said, "Mae West is in her 80s now, but she stands for costume fittings for hours and never complains. Some of our young actresses on the way up should take lessons from her!"
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Today the women just walk around on a stage lookin’ dirty. Where’s the humor? Where’s the laugh in back of it?”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Texas daily mentioned Mae West.
• • A reviewer from the San Antonio Light wrote:  Mae West, chic, dainty, a Parisienne from the heels of her tiny slippers to the crown of her golden head, has truly as she claims "a style all her own." Fresh from the hands of Parisian modistes, merry Mae sings her songs and delivers her impromptu dialogue with a pleasing individuality that marks her for an even higher place in the professional field than she occupies now.  . . .
• • Source: The San Antonio Light; published on Sunday, 6 September 1914
• • 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 5,075th 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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