• • Born in Germany on 11 November 1875, Dorothy Vernon supposedly gave birth to slapstick comedian Robert Vernon [1897 — 1939] when she was 22. But how could Harry Burns [1885 — 1948] have been the father? Harry Burns was a 12-year-old in 1897.• • Trained for the stage, Dorothy appeared on Broadway in the 1911 revival of "Oedipus Rex." She participated in four musicals on The Great White Way from 1918 — 1937.
• • From 1919 — 1957, she appeared in over 200 Hollywood motion pictures. Often consigned to bit parts as a maid, party guest, mother, townswoman, neighbor, spectator, wife, landlady, customer, or wardrobe woman, occasionally she scored a meatier role.
• • Her son died of a heart attack in 1939. Dorothy Vernon also suffered from heart disease. She died in Granada Hills, California on 28 October 1970. She was 94.
• • On Wednesday, 29 October 1930 • •
• • "Mae West is getting ready to shock the smaller burgs," noted Variety in its issue dated for Wednesday, 29 October 1930. The touring company Mae assembled for her play "Sex" was already wrapping up its Chicago engagement. "Sex" was booked into theatres in Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland, where Mae starred onstage as Margy LaMont.
• • On Saturday, 29 October 1932 • •
• • The gala premiere on Saturday, 29 October 1932, revealed that "Night After Night" was only 73 minutes long. No one remembers anything about this film except for the hilarious moments when Mae West was onscreen.
• • On Thursday, 29 October 1959 in New Statesman • •
• • Mae West's memoir was reviewed by Maurice Richardson. His critique of "Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It" [NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1959] appeared on page 657 of the New Statesman on Thursday, 29 October 1959. Published when Mae was 66 years old, the sunny-side-up narrative focuses on her triumphs and downplays (or omits) any inconvenient setbacks.
• • On Wednesday, 29 October 2008 • •
• • Diane Shipley's article "Women authors aren't funny? Don't make me laugh," published in London's Guardian on Wednesday, 29 October 2008, provoked feedback from 50 readers. Many emphasized the achievements of the endlessly quoted Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A book author had more freedom of expression than the stage permitted at that time."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A museum collection includes costumes worn by Mae West.
• • On the eve of the V and A’s major exhibition, Hollywood Costume (20 October 2012 — 27 January 2013), the BFI and V and A are delighted to announce that the BFI’s collection of over 500 film costumes is being transferred to the V and A. ... Highlights in the collection include a silk satin wedding dress and train designed by Travis Banton for Mae West as Tira in "I’m No Angel" [1933], ...
• • Source: V and A; published in October 2012
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2472nd blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2472nd blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.
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