On the last day of September, the overseas fans of MAE WEST saw this woeful headline: "Mae West Radio Turns Cancelled."
• • LONDON — September 29 — To save dollars, the B.B.C. has cancelled two Mae West broadcasts, dropped the 'trans-Atlantic quiz' and other programmes featuring American artists.
• • As star in her own stage show 'Diamond Lil' at a West End Theatre, Mae West will be paid over £1000 a week.
• • Source: Item in Townsville Daily Bulletin; published on Tuesday, 30 September 1947.
• • On Saturday, 30 September 1911 • •
• • On Friday, 22 September 1911, 18-year-old Mae West was in the spotlight. On that date, "A La Broadway" had opened at the Folies-Bergere Theatre, New York, NY. This short-lived revue (produced in an expensive venue) closed on Saturday night, 30 September 1911.
• • Variety noted on September 30th: "Folies Bergere Experiment Reaching an End."
• • On Sunday, 30 September 1934 • •
• • Andre Sennwald wrote an article "Lines for a Mae West Scrapbook." It was published in The New York Times on Sunday, 30 September 1934.
• • On Saturday, 30 September 1944 • •
• • On Saturday, 30 September 1944 Mae West, who was playing the Empress of Russia, moved her show "Catherine Was Great" from the Shubert Theatre to the Royale, the playhouse that had originally welcomed Diamond Lil and her boisterous Bowery hijinx in 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West was given a birthday party on the set of "Go West Young Man" at the Triangle ranch in Corona. The party also celebrated the birthday of Mrs. Henry Hathaway, wife of the director. Emanuel Cohen, head of Major Pictures, attended the affair, as did Mrs. Baikoff, Mae West's sister.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I think a woman may owe a man a lovin'. But not a livin'!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Hollywood — Having started production on the Mae West film, Emanuel Cohen, president of Major Pictures, now has his next five pictures in preparation. ...
• • Source: Item in West Coast Bureau of Film Daily; published on Friday, 14 April 1936
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MAE WEST's salary in Hollywood afforded her the option of living in a mansion or simply, however she pleased. This is Part 2 of the article that quoted the star of stage and screen discussing her real estate holdings and her preferences; this interview was printed on September 26th.
• • "Mae in the San Fernando Valley" • •
• • By Grady Johnson, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • Beverly West, her sister and her husband, Vladimir Baikoff, will live with Miss West in
in the new place, which, by the way, afforded Mae opportunity to absorb rustic atmosphere for her next picture, "Go West Young Man."
• • "No Swimming Pool" • •
• • Her new home will be small and modest, Mae said. It will not boast a swimming pool, which by Hollywood comparison, is like living In the slums. "What I'm looking for," Mae said, "is a nice place so arranged that my sister and brother-in-law can live in entire privacy. Just as I can. That is one of the most important things in living. Privacy Is conducive to friendliness."
• • Not giving up her house in Manhattan nor her place in Kew Gardens • •
• • Miss West disclosed that she had no intention of giving up her New York residences — — the one in New York City and the other in Kew Gardens. "I never intended to buy out here, but when my sister came out to the West Coast, she wasn't comfortable in an apartment. So, to please her, I'm house hunting. I'm not much good at running a house, so she'll attended to all the details."
• • This concludes the article by Grady Johnson; for Part 1, see last Friday, September 26th.
• • Source: Times Herald (Olean, New York); published on Saturday, 26 September 1936.
• • On Tuesday, 29 September 1914 • •
• • The newspaper Philadelphia North American reviewed the more prominent variety artists who were performing onstage in the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday, 29 September 1914. The arts critic thought well of Mae, who was then calling herself "The Original Brinkley Girl." When he referred to her stage act, he called her a "nut comedienne."
• • On Friday, 29 September 1933 • •
• • It was on Friday, 29 September 1933 that Mae West signed the Release Dialogue Script form for her very successful motion picture project "I'm No Angel" for Paramount Pictures. Mae West was paid for the film's treatment, story, and screenplay.
• • Julien's Auctions sold this autographed Release to a fan for $128.00.
• • On Tuesday, 29 September 1936 • •
• • "Go West Young Man" starring Mae West (as the man-eating movie marquee marvel Mavis Arden) was released in the USA on 18 November 1936.
• • The production began in early August at General Service Studios and was all wrapped up on Tuesday, 29 September 1936.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Close friends and business associates of Emanuel Cohen gave him a surprise party Wednesday night at the Lake Norconnian Club, on the event of his birthday and also the launching of his first picture for Paramount release.
• • Present were Mae West, Warren William, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hathaway, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swerling, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Piazza, Miss Madeline Brown, Miss Dorothy Kreider, Miss Ida Koverman, Bob Vignola, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nadel, Jack Indrisano, Leonard Spigelgass, Victor Shapiro, Wilfred Pineau, L. R. Davison, Daniel Hickson, Al Posen.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Look, I haven't got a bookkeeper's mind. I can't remember what I paid for those things five or six years ago."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Spectator mentioned Mae West.
• • There is, too, an exquisite little performance by Marion Wilson as Fifi; and a series of staggering irruptions into the scene by Enid Stamp Taylor, who has clearly made an intimate and successful study of the technique of Mae West, and who sports, in solitary splendour, an accent recognisably American. ...
• • Source: "The Theatre" from The Spectator Archive; published on Thursday, 24 September 1942
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MAE WEST discussed her real estate holdings and preferences in an article printed on September 26th.
• • "Mae West and the San Fernando Valley" • •
• • By Grady Johnson, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • HOLLYWOOD — — When Mae West abandoned her be-mirrored apartment in favor of horses, dogs and chickens on her brother's ranch, the film colony gasped.
• • Reports trickled in from San Fernando Valley like this: Mae was tired of the bright lights. Mae wanted peace and quiet. Mae wore blue denim overalls. And Mae liked her animal friends better than her Hollywood friends.
• • But it wasn't true what they said about Mae. They couldn't get the East out of West, so to speak, and Mae is going to town — — within a few blocks, in fact, of her old Rossmore Boulevard apartment, where she hopes to find a larger house.
• • "I like to know that there are crowds passing in front of my place," the star explained. "I guess that's a left-over from New York — — but those great open spaces got on my nerves." Mae left the four-room establishment in which she has lived since she arrived In Hollywood for no other reason than there wasn't enough room.
• • Beverly West, her sister and her husband Vladimir Baikoff, will live with Miss West in the new place, whlch, by the way, afforded Mae opportunity to absorb rustic atmosphere for her next picture, "Go West Young Man." . . .
• • To be continued on Monday, September 29th.
• • Source: Times Herald (Olean, New York); published on Saturday, 26 September 1936.
• • On Saturday, 26 September 1931 in Billboard • •
• • About "The Constant Sinner," Jack Mehler wrote that "it has the makings of a good money show, both for Miss West and the Shuberts who are reported in on it." Mehler's entire review was published in Billboard's issue dated for Saturday, 26 September 1931.
• • On Tuesday, 26 September 1939 • •
• • On Tuesday, 26 September 1939 Joe Breen had outlined plenty of no-nos in his written comments for Maurice Pivar, an executive at Universal, letting him know what the censors objected to in "My Little Chickadee." For instance, a "revealing white lawn blouse" worn by Mae West's character, Joe Breen warned, must not expose too much cleavage, tsk-tsk.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • No less an authority than Edna Woolman Chase, editor-in-chief of Vogue, a smart fashion magazine, has been widely quoted as declaring that "we are really going Mae West."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I had to come in like a streak of lightning."
• • Mae West said: "If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Ithaca, New York newspapers mentioned Mae West.
• • "Coming on Sunday — — MAE WEST in 'BELLE of the NINETIES' at The Strand Theatre"
• • Source: Item in The Cornell Daily Sun; published on Tuesday, 25 September 1934
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •
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• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3013th blog post.
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the
mainstay
of
this
blog
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its
fresh
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focused
on
the
life
and
career
of
Mae
West,
herself
an
American
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