Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-06
By Linda Lane

IVA /HAT has Hollywood done for you?.
w Mae West came UP with the somewhat
an,azine replv 1T gave me look at the sum-
I5ol,vwood that half fabulous and more than
SLIGHTLY unbalanced city of film factories, mas
awarded its favored people with everything
from antiques to yachts, airplanes ana DOWN
to zithers-but it's done one thing for Mae west
she still can't get over
That of course is only a small part OF the
answer-but it's first in the mind of this amaz-
ing star. primarily because she can't get over
her own surprise at working during the day-
time even after four years of motion picture
making
The change in her habits of lifetime mas
been beneficial Miss West admits, in more ways
than one She has discovered new interests anu
new ambitions. g..
On the stage from the time she was four
(and doing limitations of Bryan Foy, George NJ
Cohan and Eva Tanguay), Mae West grew 10
vUonanhood under the impression that nothing
ever happened that was very interesting before
6 o'clock III the evening The theater was her
world. Not infrequently she saw a sunrise
but she was just retiring at the time NOW sne
never ceases to wonder at the fact that she
often sees sI1nrises as she is awakening in the
morning. - 49,.
We'll the gal who made the hourglass figure
os we'll known through the world as Henry
Ford's famous product has lot OF things she
"thank YOU 10 f1OllyWOOu Ioi'
sJollvwood-I mean the movies, OF course
;,,ee me- the chance to relax once in awhile,
che said lounging on a divan in her White ana
gold apartment -
"I'll admit don't get too much time to my
calf even now but on the stage | was always
working While I was playing one SHOW Ia De
,,,orking on the next-writing, conferrlng with
directors. song writers, scenery designers, dress
designers. and so forth. Here, of course, nave
rnuch the same things to do, but the interval
between pictures is longer - and believe me-
that's something
~REDITED with writing her own screen
nlavs and dialogue, Mae West also super
,iees the costuning music and half hundred
other details that enter into the making OF a
screen product. She has just finished GO west,
Young Man" With the curvaceous West in the
unusual Major Pictures production, to be re-
leased through Paramount, is her strongest
srnnorting cast which includes Warren VIII
liam Randolph Scott, Lyle Talbot, Alice Brady,
Irizaheth Patterson, Isabel Jewell Margaret
perry and number of other outstanding
players. ,
aAnd another thing" the star continued.
oIJollywood gives the chance to do the
things one likes to do. Here, if one is so in
clined. there's golf, tennis, riding and any num-
her of sports There's much to offer-even
If / do seem to be talking like the Chamber of
Commerce advertisements
While Miss West has never talked about the
fact that she hides away in the country occa-
sionally, she will admit to enjoying horseback
riding She INDUCES in this sport at a small
ranch some Is miles from Hollywood where her
brother Jack West. Jr., stables his racing horses
between meetings. The location of the ranch
is kept as secret possible-autograph hunters
and the Just plain curious have habit, in this
town of making stars lives miserable
1t is fairly well known that the play "Dia-
nnond LII" which was such a stage hit and was
later adapted for films, is actually closely con-
nected with Miss Vests own life insofar as a
passion for diamonds is concerned.
nAHE EnlIR,