An Occidental Woman

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 9:22am

Attorney: "You know a man named Wiley, generally called Slick?
Tira: "Yes, I know the mug, the gentleman."
Attorney: "And you recall the man you see there?"
Tira: "If I'm not mistaken you mean that Dallas man."
Attorney: "And you're also acquainted with Mr. Kirk Lawrence?"
Tira: "Yes, I've had the pleasure."
Attorney: "And no doubt you recall those five gentlemen seated in the first row, right inside the railing. Mr.Blake, Mr. Larson, Mr. Willard, Mr. Foster and Mr. Harris?"
Tira: "Well uh, I do recall their faces. But them aint the names they gave me. "

Updated On: 2/6/06 at 09:22 AM

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 9:25am

"You know what subtraction is don't you? A man has a hundred dollars and you leave him with two. Boy, that's subtraction."
Updated On: 7/2/05 at 09:25 AM

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 11:43am

"I like sophisticated men to take me out."

"I'm not really sophisticated.."

"You're not out, either."

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 11:49am

"Are you trying to show contempt for this court?"
"No, I'm trying to hide it."

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 1:51pm

Well, uh, one and one is two, and uh, two and two make four, but Five'll getcha Ten if ya know how to work it right!

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:33am

"I used to be Snow White but I drifted."

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:43am

Mae entertaining a gentleman caller when her maid comes in.

"Miss Lou, your bath is ready."

"Take it yourself. I'm indisposed."

This is from She Done Him Wrong, which also featured Rafaela Ottiano as Russian Rita.
Updated On: 7/3/05 at 07:43 AM

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:45am

"Oh Beulah, peel me a grape." - From "I'm No Angel"

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:55am

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

Mae teaching class....
"Cleopatra lived back in hysterical times. And what time she had."
"I seen Little Egypt once."
"They ain't related." Updated On: 7/3/05 at 07:55 AM

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:37am

KONDIKE ANNIE

The Frisco Doll (Mae) having breakfast with Capt Bull Brackett (Victor McLaglen)

THE FRISCO DOLL -"Doing your best to make me feel at home. You certainly do know how to respect a lady."

BULL BRACKETT - "I can always tell a lady when I see one."

THE FRISCO DOLL - "Yeah, what do you tell em?"

BULL BRACKETT - "You know, most men would try to take advantage of a situation like this, being alone like you are. That rotton crew of mine sure would if they had a chance."

THE FRISCO DOLL - "Well I aint afraid with you here to protect me. Two lumps Bull."

BULL BRACKETT - "Sure. You know, for you, I'd fight a den of lions."

THE FRISCO DOLL - "Oh, I'm liable to pick ya up on that sometime. Here, you do it. Stirrin' gets on my nerves."

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:39am

"stirrin' get on my nerves." LOL

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:01pm

I'M NO ANGEL

Kirk Lawrence: "I believe I left my cane inside."
Beulah: "Gentleman says he left his cane."
Tira: "Ooh - ah, come in Mr. Lawrence. I'll help you find it."
Kirk Lawrence: "Isn't necessary. I know just where I left it."
Tira: "Umm, you got a good memory."
Kirk Lawrence: "Well I ought to since I left it here on purpose."
Tira: "You mean you planted that stick?"

[cturtle]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 4:47pm

didn't she once say something like ...

"no booze, no drugs, no cigarettes ... nuthin to dull the senses."

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:06pm

I'm not sure about that but I do remember reading that she was a firm believer in the benefits of a daily morning enema.

[cturtle]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:08pm

T M I !

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:24pm

From BECOMING MAE WEST by Emily Wortis Leider:

'Fighters, and body-builders, both black and white, always ranked high on her list of preferred lovers, in part because they recalled her father's fitness conscious milieu. "I've always liked athletes because they don't smoke, don't drink, and understand the importance of keeping their bodies in top working order...A hard man is good to find".'

[orion59]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:16pm

Too much of a good thing... can be wonderful

I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:39pm

Again from BECOMING MAE WEST:

{In her book on sex, health and ESP, Mae evinces shock at the behavior of a Hollywood "glamour girl" who entered her dressing room one morning when she was washing her hair. "I turned off the water and felt a towel being placed on my head, then hands moving it...I still didn't know who the hands belonged to, and when I turned around I was surprised to see the girl staring at me, wearing nothing but a flimsy robe. 'You better button up dearie' I said. 'You're going to catch a cold.'" Many have concluded that the "glamour girl" was Dietrich.}

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 9:53am

And again from BECOMING MAE WEST:

{Fellini courted her for roles in 'Juliet of the Spirits' and Satyricon'. For the latter, he wanted her to play an erotic witch (which was fine), who was a mother (which wasn't.) Mae felt no inclination, either, to make the long trip to Rome which would have been required. (She avoided air travel as much as possible.) Fellini never told her that he found her entirely wonderful but anti-erotic. "She always seemed to be anti-sex, because she made a joke of sex and made you laugh, and that is anti-erotic. I think that her work was really her sex.")

Updated On: 7/4/05 at 09:53 AM

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 6:00pm

(You might have to say this out loud a few times to get it.)


"I'm the lady who works at Paramount all day and Fox all night."

[Glebb]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:36pm

Bump.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:41pm

Mae teaching class....
"Cleopatra lived back in hysterical times. And what time she had."
"I seen Little Egypt once."
"They ain't related."
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This is the best one yet. What is it from?

[justme2]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:49pm

"Of course I believe in censorship. After all, I made my living off it". (may not be her exact quote)

I remember this as it was quoted down at the Stanford theater in Palo Alto, right before they ran the "I'm No Angel/My Little Chickadee" double feature. Some years ago.

It was wonderful to hear the audience enjoying the innuendo in her lines some 60 years later. I enjoy her with WC Fields best...they sparred wonderfully.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 1:45am

It's not the men in my life,
It's the life in my men.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 10/6/05 at 6:30am

"Goodness, what Beautiful Diamnonds!"
Mae: "Goodness had nothin to do with it, dearie!"