Mae West: Hy & Harry

What WON'T be sold on Ebay?
• • The former pianist for MAE WEST, entertainer Harry Richman [10 August 1895 – 3 November 1972] had written a letter on April 18, 1962 to sydicated columnist Hy Gardner [1908-1989]. In it, Richman described his Friars Roast in Hollywood. Though this was intended to be a men-only party, in fact MAE WEST was invited.
• • Harry Richman wrote: "What a night; I'm still shook up over it. Here at a stag great night all of a sudden they bring in MAE WEST and I damn near went through the floor. Being 69, Mae looked 35. And when we had a picture taken of me kissing her, Mae said, 'Take your arm and hold me lower at the waist, Harry. You are hiding my best part which took me all these years to preserve!' ..."
• • Richman gushed about his chats with Bob Hope, George Jessel, and other Friars in his lengthy missive. Unpublished in 1962, this bit of memorabilia is being sold this week by one of Hy Gardner's heirs.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: Mae West • • 1932 • •
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