Mae West: Want More Of

In September 1934, MAE WEST sat down for a series of "Me and My Past" talks with the United Press syndicated reporter Leicester Wagner.  We will post excerpts from Chapter #7 in several installments.  This is Chapter 8, excerpt a-a.
• • "Me and My Past" by Mae West • •
• • As Told to Leicester Wagner, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • "Will I last?" • •
• • That's the question which has had Hollywood talking from the time I first flashed on the screen until today. I can answer that one for Hollywood.  My answer is "Yes."
• • I'm no ingenue. I'm a woman. I have a screen personality which is distinctive, which conflicts with no one and which audiences throughout the world seem to want more of.  Forty-six million have come up to see me so far and they evidently liked it.
• • Hollywood was surprised from the start, did — — as I pointed out — — start yelling "accident."  But ''I'm No Angel" did three times the business of the record-setting "She Done Him Wrong" and "The Belle of the Nineties" speaks for itself.
• • I have always — — as the diamond-saying goes — — two strikes on me. Because of the records set by my motion pictures (for Paramount), I have to top each one.  . . .
• • NOTE: This is the 8th chapter of Mae West's life story as told to Leicester Wagner, United Press.  This syndicated series was reprinted in American newspapers during September 1934.
• • This has been excerpt a-a — — tomorrow's selection will be b-b.
• • Mae West on NBC, Sunday, 12 December 1937 • •

• • Perhaps no other radio segment of The Chase and Sanborn Hour has sparked more commentary than the Sunday, December 12th, 1937 broadcast starring Mae West, the 44-year-old movie queen, who usually hid the fact that she was unable to read a script without eyeglasses.
• • As if to be extra-cautious, Mae donned eyeglasses and also wore a fancy lornette on a chain around her neck, not unlike the extra-careful gentleman who wears suspenders and a belt. Then she stepped up to the microphone and threw caution to the fates.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West offered NBC the option of a sneak peek at some scenes from her new screen comedy set during the 1890s in New York City, "Every Day's a Holiday."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "There he was with a show house that wasn't doing so good, and there I was with a play that I was certain would make him money. He wouldn't take it. He wouldn't even read it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Tulsa World mentioned Mae West.
• • James D. Watts Jr., World Scene Writer, wrote: Putting on a play written by Mae West and titled "Sex" might not strike the average person as typical theatrical fare for the holiday season. But actress Sara Wilemon would politely beg to differ. . . .
• • Source:  Article: "In a Mae West sort of way, 'Sex' fits the holidays" written by James D. Watts Jr., World Scene Writer for Tulsa World; posted on Saturday, 10 December 2011
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3593rd 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: 3 Men at Once

In September 1934, MAE WEST sat down for a series of "Me and My Past" talks with the United Press syndicated reporter Leicester Wagner.  We will post excerpts from Chapter #7 in several installments.  This is Chapter 7, excerpt e-e.
• • "Me and My Past" by Mae West • •
• • As Told to Leicester Wagner, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • Three Men in my Picture Life • • 
• • When I started production of "The Belle of the Nineties" the story went out that I would have three men in my picture life — — Roger Pryor, John Mack Brown and John Miljan. My mall immediately reflected this announcement, letters coming from all over the world asking me how the writers could handle three men at once.
• • Keep 'em Apart • •
• • It's just like having two dates on the same night — — okay if you can keep 'em apart.
• • My mail laughs are many. Here's one from a university man: "One of our professors here at Yale, where your honored writer is a senior, has advised every one in his classes to attend your movies. Another very honorable and austere gentleman, who happens to be one of the  world's best known philosophers, was describing some very deep and abstract philosophical problem in class the other day."
• • "And after he had finished, this little bewhiskered gentleman exclaims:  'Do I make myself, as Mae West says, clear'?"
• • This has been the finale of Chapter 7 of "Me and My Past."  There are 8 parts in all.
• • NOTE:  The last section, the 8th chapter of Mae West's life story, will follow soon.
• • On Wednesday, 9 December 1936 • •
• • The Evening News printed an article about the legal proceedings between Mae West and her former husband Frank Wallace on 9 December 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West announced she was working on her autobiography "Queen of Sex."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   "If your man's dynamite to you, it's up to you to be his match."
• • Quote, Unquote • •

• • A British publication mentioned Mae West.
• • A series of comedy films with the great laughter-makers
• • Tonight: MAE WEST, W. C. FIELDS in "My Little Chickadee" with Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran
• • Original screenplay by MAE WEST and W. C. FIELDS
• • Produced by Lester Cowan;  Directed by Edward Cline
• • Mae West and W. C. Fields, cherished as one of the outstanding screen combinations of all time, blend their colourful personalities in this riotous comedy of American frontier days.
W. C. Fields wrote many of his own scripts under such pen-names as Mahatma Kane Jeeves and Otis Criblecoblis, although, in deference to his co-star, tonight's film bears the real names of its joint authors. It is, however, reputed that they made the film up as they went along.  . . .
• • Source: Item in BBC One London, Issue 2352; published on Thursday, 5 December 1968
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3592nd 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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