Mae West: Top Billing

In July 1970, The Australian Women's Weekly discussed MAE WEST and her eagerly awaited return to the silver screen.
• • Don Prince wrote: It was for a very large sum of money that Miss West decided to return to films after an absence of a quarter of a century, and play in Gore Vidal's transsexual story.
• • Don Prince continued: When producer Robert Fryer first approached her she was quite convinced that she was being invited to play the title role of Myra Breckinridge.
• • Don Prince added: The explanation that the generation gap meant she wouldn't be playing the role didn't weigh with Mae. When she learned that Myra was actually a sex-changed character who, before an operation, was a 'man named Myron Breckinridge,' she was no longer interested in it.
• • "I like my sexes stable," she remarked.  ...
• • Source: Article: "Mae Gets Top Billing" written by Don Prince for The Australian Women's Weekly; published on Wednesday, 1 July 1970.
• • On Friday, 10 July 1931 • •
• • During July 1931 Mae West entered into a complex discussion with the Shuberts about a stage version of "The Constant Sinner," based on her bi-racial novel set in Harlem and published by Macauley in hardcover [November 1930].
• • The mainstage contracts were signed by Mae West the playwright (on Friday, 10 July 1931) and Mae West the Broadway star (on 20 August 1931).
• • When she brought her stage play "The Constant Sinner" to Atlantic City in August 1931, the crowds lined up for tickets, noted The New York Times.
• • Happy Birthday to Ian Whitcomb • •
• • Ian Whitcomb was born in Woking, Surrey, England on Friday, 10 July 1941.
• • Ian Whitcomb was the producer for Mae West on her album "Great Balls of Fire" [MGM Records, 1972].  He's 73 today and we hope the celebration is simply smashing.
• • Save the Date: Wednesday, August 13th • •
• • Wednesday, 13 August 2014 will be the next Mae West Tribute in Manhattan and the event will start at 6:30 pm at 425 Sixth Avenue. The theme will be: "Mae West in Bohemia — — Gin, Sin, Censorship, and Eugene O'Neill."    
• • Details:
http://jeffersonmarketcourthouseny.blogspot.com/2014/07/mae-west-august-13th-event.html
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West now has a red carpet rolled out.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Look your best — — who said love is blind?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in a men's magazine discussed Mae West.
• • "Other highlights" • •
• • Cult choice. A circus performer (Mae West) and a society swell (Cary Grant) fall in love in the 1933 comedy "I'm No Angel" (8 p.m., TCM).
• • Source: Item written for Times Herald-Record; published on Thursday, 3 July  2014  
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •  
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during this past decade.
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2954th 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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