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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 b-b.
• • "Me and My Past" by Mae West • •
• • As Told to Leicester Wagner, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • From 8 to 80 • •
• • It comes from men, women and children. Position, social standing or wealth — — this seems to make no difference and it certainly doesn't to me.
• • I evidently appeal to 'em from 8 to 80, and, perhaps strangely, my mail is divided about 50-50 between the sexes. Letters come to me from all over the world — — from Alaska to Little America, from Britain to China.
• • Many of the men who write want to marry me. Others — — doctors, farmers, lawyers, merchants, ministers, cab drivers, mill workers, retired capitalists, right down through every strata of society — — just want to tell me they get a kick out of my pictures.
• • Appeals for Money • •
• • Many appeals for money are made to me . . .
• • NOTE: This is the 7th 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 b-b — — tomorrow's selection will be c-c.
• • On Wednesday, 6 December 1978 • •
• • During an auction, one item was a personal check dated for Wednesday, 6 December 1978 and signed by Mae West. The $12.13 payment was slotted for "General TelePhone" and the typed memo explained it was for ''Services at the ranch.'' This item did not sell, however.
• • On Tuesday, 6 December 1994 • •
• • It was on Tuesday, 6 December 1994 that Christie's New York held an auction listed as "Film and Television Memorabilia." One light-hearted Mae West item was "A box of approximately 120 red, white, and blue poker chips; a deck of cards from the Roosevelt Hotel." This lot of goodies was sold for $345.00 and now the deck is stacked at someone's house. Ha ha ha.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • During the mid-1930s, when Stuart Heisler was the film editor of "Klondike Annie," he also worked with several of Mae West's colleagues.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "When I lose my stamina, when I am no longer determined to please, I will be through with pictures, and not until then."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An auction listing mentioned Mae West.
• • A 1968 Universal City Studios television script for "A Night With Mae West," a variety musical program. The opening featured various celebrity "impressions" of Mae West by Adolph Zukor, Truman Capote, Margaret Hamilton, and O.J. Simpson. Includes letter to Mae West from the producer and original mailing envelope. Sold for: $345 (USD) . . .
• • Source: Item sold by Christie's New York; sale date was Tuesday, 6 December 1994
• • 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 3589th 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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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 a-a.
• • "Me and My Past" by Mae West • •
• • As Told to Leicester Wagner, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • My mail — — not male — — amazes me. They tell me the daily volume which flows into Paramount and to my apartment is the largest ever received by any star in Hollywood.
• • I enjoy mail, as it not only is pleasant to know so many people think enough of me to write, but it gives me a true cross-section of the public reaction to me and my pictures.
• • Someone passed the story around that a lot of my mail could be censored. Fact is — — it may be surprising to find that it is just the reverse.
• • All the stars get a certain amount of mail which is, at least, risque. But evidently people don't take me that way.
• • Most of mine has a laugh in it, those writing to me evidently take me at my screen word that I enjoy a laugh — — even on paper.
• • From 8 to 80 • • . . .
• • NOTE: This is the 7th 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.
• • On Tuesday, 5 December 1933 • •
• • On Tuesday, 5 December 1933, the night Prohibition was repealed, while Mae was being photographed in a Hollywood speakeasy with Gary Cooper, her sister was performing in Chicago, Illinois, noted The Long Island Star-Journal. Beverly had bookings for her popular "Mae West Act" in the heartland during most of the winter of 1933.
• • Mae's friend, speakeasy hostess Texas Guinan, had died the month before.
• • On Tuesday, 5 December 1933 • •
• • The Mae West robbery led to a trial and this was covered by numerous newspapers. The L.A. Times printed some of Mae's remarks in their edition dated for Tuesday, 5 December 1933. On the witness stand, Mae had said: "I have known Harry Voiler for a number of years. He has now turned out to be a snake in the grass."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The Mae West picture, "Go West, Young Man," was completed right on schedule.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "When I was eleven years old, there was a break. I wasn't one of those curly, cute, theatricals kids any longer."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The N.Y. Times mentioned Mae West.
• • "On Stage, Mae West Was Even Racier" • •
• • Emily Wortis Leider began her article like this: Impersonators and cartoonists have always gravitated to Mae West because in performance she usually seemed to be impersonating herself, exaggerating her femininity and commenting on her own outrageousness. . . .
• • Source: Article in The New York Times; published on Sunday, 5 December 1999
• • 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 3588th 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1933 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
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