Mae West: Oral

Almost no one it seems can accurately recall the line that MAE WEST first wrote in 1926 for one of her drag queens in her controversial play "The Drag." And even a veteran publicist quails before the word chickadee. Please stumble over the careless errors in order to savor this teeny tidbit about the Brooklyn bombshell's booking in Miami Beach decades ago.
• • Stuart of Newman PR writes: The passing this week of renowned evangelist Oral Rogers brought to mind the extreme variety of clients represented by the agency in its earlier years, before we settled into our current niche of leisure travel, destination, and maritime clientele.
• • Mae West — — Famous for her 1939 movie “My Little Chicadee” [sic], one-liner “Come on up and see me sometime [sic],” Mae West gained fame as an uninhibited “red hot momma” in her many film roles. The agency provided her South Florida publicity in a 1960s supper club booking in Miami Beach.
• • An even more unlikely client was evangelist Oral Roberts’ revival in the late 1950s ....
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• • Blog Post: "FROM RED HOT MOMMA TO EVANGELICAL PREACHER"
• • BY: Stuart | Newman PR
• • Published by: Newman Public Relations — — www.newmanpr.com
• • Published on: 17 December 2009
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• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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