Mae: Polo Grounds 1926

In June 1926 Ned Wayburn staged a "$100 Show for $2" at an enormous amphitheatre, the Polo Grounds [8th Avenue + 155th Street] for the Benefit of the United Jewish Campaign.

MAE WEST and other prominent stars of Broadway were on this program including George M. Cohan, Fanny Brice, Hazel Dawn, Eddie Foy, the Marx Brothers, Houdini, Al Jolson, etc.
• • Inducement: "Be in the pictures. Movies will be taken of everybody present!"
• • The Polo Grounds: seated 45,000, opened 1911, closed 1963, and (alas) demolished 1964. Ugly apartment towers replaced this stadium, where Willie Mays won the famous 1954 World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers - - Mae's hometown team.
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Mae West
• • Photo • Mae West in 1926 • Polo Grounds
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