Mae West: Never Forgets

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 28 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Never forgets a friend nor a kindness • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: It practically gave Mae West her start in show business.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West never forgets a friend nor a kindness, and seems to have an inexhaustible memory for the faces of those who have crossed her pathway in her long journey from Brooklyn to Broadway.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Like all the children on the block, Mae West went to the public school, and she passes over the monotony of the schoolroom for the more exciting adventures in the evening when, as a child actress, with grease paint and furbelows, little Mae occupied the center of the stage.
• • Mae West: The Clarendon Stock Company • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • Mae West Contest: Follow-up • •

• • When New Movie Magazine asked readers for opinions about Mae West, they got lots of mail and many opinions.
• • Lively letters condemning Mae's influence (in 1934) were published from these readers:
• • Names: Mrs. Joe Miller, Charlotte, N.C.; Mrs. Mabel Hewes, Biloxi, Miss.; F.J. Bendick, New York City; and Phyllis Adato, New Brunswick, N.J.
• • On Tuesday, 23 June 1970 • •
• • "Myra Breckinridge" had its red-carpet, star-studded premiere in New York at the Criterion Theatre (1514 Broadway) on Tuesday, 23 June 1970. The movie went into general release in the USA one day later.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • By the way, Mae West is now working on her new contract by the terms of which she gets $100,000 a picture. They also say that the curvaceous one also gets about half that amount again for providing her own story and, be it known, Mae won't stand for anybody's writing stories for her pictures but Mae.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A gal with good lines is better than one with a good line."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Bushwick site mentioned Mae West.
• • Danielle Thompson wrote: Despite the frequent moves, the West family appeared to build its strongest ties to Bushwick and its bordering community of Ridgewood.
• • Danielle Thompson wrote: In fact, Mae’s famed manner of speaking was thought to exemplify what one writer called the “Bushwick Avenyah” accent ― an accent that was once described as more of a “dialect, like Cockney,” that was “a life-long affliction.”  …
• • Source: Bushwick Daily; published on Monday, 25 February 2013
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,022nd 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: Mimicry’s Minx

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 27 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Proved to be gifted at mimicry • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: When she was about four years of age she began showing an aptitude for mimicry.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She appeared at the amateur performances of the neighborhood church and club socials, giving impersonations of Eva Tanguay, Eddie Foy, George M. Cohan, and other popular vaudeville headliners of the day.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Her take-off of Eva Tanguay, the unrestrained, hippy favorite of soldiers, sailors, college boys and tired business men of that day, invariably won her the greatest applause.  
• • Mae West: Never forgets a friend nor a kindness • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source:The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Saturday, 22 June 1935 in Picturegoer • •

• • The British film magazine Picturegoer, issue dated for 22 June 1935, offered an article "Previews of the Latest Films" and the first one was "Goin’ to Town" starring Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's name was in the news again on Tuesday, 22 June 1982 when her former partner Paul Novak sued to have her Will overturned.  The case was listed as Charles Krauser v. Estate of Mae West, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 22 June 1982.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The popularity of Mae West will continue just as long as Mae West wants it to. I never let anything stop me, once I set my heart on it. I've never had a wishbone where my backbone should be."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Movie Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Prizes for Your Opinions • •
• • What do you think of Mae West? Do you think her influence upon motion pictures has been good or bad? Is she a gusty, invigorating force? Is she a rowdy, damaging influence?
• • Has Mae West helped or harmed the screen?  
• • There is no question but that Mae West hit films hard, that her personality cannot be discounted.
• • New Movie Magazine wants your opinion.     
• • For the two best letters in 250 words, answering the question, "Is Mae West a good or bad influence?" New Movie will pay $25.
• • New Movie wants the best arguments on each side.   
• • Address your opinions to Mae West Contest, New Movie, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Letters must be mailed by June 1st. ...
• • Note: Adjusted for inflation, $25.00 in 1934 is equal to $528.03 in 2022.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,021st 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: They Hated Her

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 26 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: When her mind is made up • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: The salespeople united in trying to persuade her to choose another doll.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: There were pink ones, blue ones, yellow ones, bigger ones, dolls that talked and walked and cried, but Mae, to the exasperation of the assembled salespeople, was adamant.  
• • Mae West could see the salesman hated her • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She could see they all hated her cordially, but she stood her ground.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Finally, exasperated, they sent for a ladder from the basement, and a scowling salesman, too annoyed even to pretend to be gracious, got her the doll on top.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Ever since, Mae says, she's wanted everything at the top and will be content with nothing less.
• • Mae West: Proved to be gifted at mimicry • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Wednesday, 21 June 1933 • •

• • It was on Wednesday, 21 June 1933 when Russell Holmon of Paramount Pictures tried to explain to the Hays Office that the title of a song "No One Does It Like that Dallas Man" was essentially innocent and the lyrics were harmless. Hays wanted changes, however, and he got them.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's studio had been freezing Mae out of opportunities. But Emanuel Cohen soon announced that Mae West was firing up a new sparkler for his fledgling company Major Pictures Corp.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I don't give myself any credit for that. But I'm just that way — so stubborn and difficult once I get an idea into my head."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A South Carolina newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Has Laugh at Studio” • •
• • “Producers Are at a Loss When Star Outsmarts Their Plans" • •
• • The Charleston Gazette’s planted story stated that: "It is no secret that she is very difficult to handle and that censor problems of the Mae West pictures caused the folks a notable series of delays ...."
• • The Charleston Gazette’s one-sided piece also stated: "There's another Mae West story going on here. Mae stipulates that she must be credited with writing the script but it's whispered out loud that often times she hits an impasse and is unable to work out a scene to either her own or her director's satisfaction. ..."   
• • Source: The Charleston Gazette; published on Sunday, 21 June 1936
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,020th 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: Deeply Wounded

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 25 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: Wounded to the heart • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: It was useless — home they went — and little Mae, wounded to the heart, never entered the undiscerning old lady's portals again.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Another day her mother took her to the toy department of a store on Brooklyn's Broadway to buy a doll.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: When she entered the shop, Mae's eyes lit upon a shelf full of matchless beauties with flaxen hair and long, curling eyelashes.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: On the top of a pyramid of boxes, so high the salesman could not reach them, Mae spied immediately the doll she wanted — a fetching creation in lavender.  
• • Mae West: When her mind is made up • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Wednesday, 20 June 1934 • •

• • "Suggestive Films — American Women Impose Ban" • •
• • "Mae West May Be Dropped" • •
• • Hollywood, June 19th — Hollywood movie companies are alarmed at the effects of a ban of the National Women's Council on famous studios, such as Paramount and United Artists, because of suggestive and indecent pictures they have produced.
• • It is rumored here that the end of the careers of Mae West and Anna Sten, the sensational Russian star, is likely if the ban extends.  ...
• • Source: The Barrier Miner; published on Wednesday, 20 June 1934.
• • On Monday, 20 June 2022 • •
• • Happy National Kissing Day. • •
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • For a woman who is so outspoken on certain subjects, and who has launched a thousand epigrams, Mae West is cautiously secretive.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A man's kiss is his signature!"
• • Mae West said: "I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them."
• • Mae West said: "Kiss me, you dog." [Movie dialogue for Maudie Triplett]
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A British journalist mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West to Play "I'm a Saint" • •
• • British columnist Greville Bain wrote: Mae West as a saint!  Whatever one may think of Miss Mae West, everyone must admit that she is irrepressible, although a little while ago there was a prediction that she had almost run her course. Even the matter of years was raised against her. There were rumours of marriage a quarter of a century ago, but Miss West denied the marriage and repudiated the husband.
• • Greville Bain explained: There is no need to accept Miss West as a mere girl in order to be convinced of the abounding life in her.  Her peculiar crawling walk is as much suggestive of vitality as is the stride of Katharine Hepburn.
• • Greville Bain explained: Her personality may be too marked to be various, but she will not stereotype her roles, and the latest news is that she will appear as a religious leader. The title chosen for the projected picture is "Hallelujah, I'm a Saint."
• • Greville Bain added: This shows that Miss West is capable of attempting anything. One cannot imagine her as the inspirer of a new hot-gospelling movement even in California. Miss West's cynicism is a thing which she wears as obviously as she wears her diamonds. "I'm a Saint" seems to be a strange corrective to "I'm No Angel." …
• • Note: The movie title would be revised to “Klondike Annie.”
• • Source: The Queenslander; published on Thursday, 20 June 1935
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,019th 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: Coaxed, Cajoled

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 24 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: “You should know better!” • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: "Little girl," said the elderly lady in cold, disapproving tones, "you're too big to handle other people's things. Keep your hands off — you should know better."  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Something in the woman's tone was too much for little Mae's amour propre.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She went and found her hat and coat, stalked up to her mother and announced: "We are going home now, Mother."  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Her mother coaxed and cajoled, apologized, and threatened.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Candy, cake, and cookies, even charming knick-knacks, were pressed into service.  
• • Mae West: Wounded to the heart • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Friday, 17 June 1932 • •

• • Mae West would, no doubt, be capable of delivering "curdling melodrama," predicted the publication Hollywood Citizen News in its issue dated Friday, 17 June 1932.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A Hollywood fancy "Male Harem" will return Mae West's name to lights.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises."  
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Santa Cruz Sentinel mentioned Mae West and tricksters throughout history.
• • John Malkin wrote: Shepherd Siegel’s new book “Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love: How Tricksters Through History Have Changed the World” opens with a quote from Bay Area Beat writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “I really believe art is capable of the total transformation of the world.”
• • John Malkin wrote: Siegel highlights artists and activists who have disrupted the status quo like Mae West, Abbie Hoffman, the Marx Brothers, Richard Pryor, Sun Ra, Yoko Ono, Spike Lee, The Yes Men, Earth First! and many others. …
• • Source: The Santa Cruz Sentinel; published on Wednesday, 25 May 2022
• • 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen 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 seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,018th 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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