• • "Honey Pie" was co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney [Maclen Music, Inc.]. Dom DeLuise performed their song in the motion picture "Sextette."
• • Musician Ringo Starr took a role, too, in the 1978 movie. The Beatles' drummer played Laslo Karolny, an imperious German film director who is a former husband of Mae's character — — Marlo Manners.
• • Paul McCartney was born on Thursday, 18 June 1942 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom. We wish Sir Paul a very happy and healthy 73rd birthday today.
• • On Thursday, 18 June 1959 • •
• • "You'd have thought that a favorite bootlegger had come back from Atlanta," wrote drama critic Robert Garland in the New York Evening Telegram in his review of "Diamond Lil" published on 5 April 1928. "Mae West makes Miss Ethel Barrymore look like the late lamented Bert Savoy."
• • Born on 15 August 1879, actress Ethel Barrymore died in the month of June — — on Thursday, 18 June 1959. Praised for her work on the stage, Ethel was an Academy Award-winning screen actress and, of course, a member of the famous Barrymore family.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Everything Miss Mae West wears or sponsors is immediately seized upon by Europe's smartest women.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "What would I be doing in a lonely hearts club?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Greatest Picture Programme of the Year! Two big pictures: "Goin' to Town" starring Mae West and the musical comedy "Heat Wave" with Albert Burdon, Cyril Maude, Les Allen, and Anna Lee. Screened daily . . .
• • Source: Item in Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (England); published on Wednesday, 18 September 1935
• • PHOTO: an outake from the famous saloon scene in "Goin' to Town" [1935] starring Mae West. Her character's name was Cleo Borden in this motion picture.
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during this past decade. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,200 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3203rd 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.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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