MAE WEST is bejeweled and ready to party hearty. Are you? Smile and enjoy it all.
• • On Monday, 31 December 1923 • •
• • According to Jon Tuska: For the week of 31 December 1923, a chorus girl named "Mae West" appeared in the burlesque show "'Round the Town" for Mutual.
• • On Saturday, 31 December 1927 at Club Deauville • •
• • Mae West spent New Year's Eve on Saturday night, 31 December 1927, entertaining a crowd.
• • The nonfiction book "The Year the World Went Mad" is exclusively focused on the most vibrant events and the most fascinating individuals of 1927. Author Allen Churchill wrote: "Another New York night club listed a gala unveiling for New Year's Eve. This was Mae West's Club Deauville, at Park Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. Here a New Year's Eve Supper was advertised for a cover charge of ten dollars. Together with this went "A Program of Distinctive and Unique Entertainment Conceived and Directed by the Distinguished Star in Person." ... How we wish we knew more.
• • On Thursday, 31 December 2015 • •
• • Wishing all of our readers a very happy and safe and wonderful New Year's Eve.
• • Around the World with Mae West • •
• • Did you know you could find Mae West in Alaska? There is a location popular with fishermen called Mae West Lake in Valdez-Cordova.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Paramount Pictures spent a record one million dollars on its Mae West vehicle "Every Day's a Holiday" [released in the USA as holiday fare on 18 December 1937].
• • That's a timeless message: Happy New Year!
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Gee, I loved the boys. Went around with lots of them and played with them. There was a gang of us — of course, we would have fights."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about "The Real Mae West" offered some interesting details.
• • Good or bad? Is Mae West a destructive influence on minds of today's movie-goers? Read the first part of the life story of the real Mae West starting in this issue of New Movie Magazine.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Mae West never forgets a friend nor a kindness, and seems to have an inexhaustible memory for the faces of those who have crossed her pathway in her long journey from Brooklyn to Broadway. ...
• • Source: "The Real Mae West" written by Aileen St. John Brenon for The New Movie Magazine; published in June 1934
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,300 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3345th 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:
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In 1939 MAE WEST made a big impression on a teenage fan, a college chap from a campus in Atlanta, Georgia. As the month of December winds down and sends dusty, battered 2015 on its way, many of us are in need of a sweet remembrance from "Auld Lang Syne" or "Old Long Ago" — — and here it is.
• • "Waiting Up for Mae" • •
• • The Ellaville Sun wrote: Ross Wyrosdick, a student at Oglethorpe University, waited in the lobby of Atlanta's Henry Grady Hotel until 12:30 o'clock Monday morning to see Mae West, the movie actress, who had appeared at a theater there on Sunday night. She was expected at 9:30 o'clock but was tardy, presumably waiting until the large crowd of the curious had dispersed.
• • "Hello, Miss West," said Ross. He was asked what she said in reply. "Oh," said the collegian with bright eyes and grin of triumph, "she smiled at me!"
• • Source: Item in The Ellaville Sun; published on Friday, 21 April 1939.
• • On Monday, 30 December 1912 • •
• • On Monday, 30 December 1912 the singing comedienne was giving a double performance at 7:30 PM and at 11:00 PM at B.F. Keith's Union Square Theatre on Fourteenth Street. Featured on the bill, along with the 19-year-old hopeful, was a great deal of variety. Britain's Laddie Cliff offered new songs and eccentric dances; Phina and company entertained; Alfredo (wandering wizard of the violin) played; Asaki presented his juggling act, so popular in Japan; and gymnasts Lydia and Albino did . . . something.
• • On Saturday, 30 December 1933 • •
• • Picturegoer, a British publication sold in movie houses, ran a three part series: "Making Love to Mae West." The first installment ran on 10 December 1933, it continued on Saturday, 30 December 1993, and the final portion appeared on 6 January 1934.
• • Cary Grant's byline appeared. The actor either wrote it or (perhaps) merely signed it.
• • On Friday, 30 December 1966 • •
• • A review of "Goin' to Town" (on page 14) in The Spectator [UK] was published on Friday, 30 December 1966.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Martin Ransohoff is asking Mae West to return to films (in "Don't Make Waves" with Tony Curtis), according to Earl Wilson's column in 1966.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've never seen any of Marilyn Monroe's movies but she's probably a sweet kid."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • A. Edward Sutherland has been named as director of Mae West's next starring picture, tentatively titled "Frivolous Sal". . .
• • Source: Item in Film Daily; published on Monday, 7 June 1937
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,300 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3344th 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1937 • •
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It was on Monday, 29 December 1975 when Craig Russell was appearing as MAE WEST in Palm Springs, California. Let's go back in time.
• • For the Sophisticated Adult! Al Anthony and Friends present . . . From the Plaza Hotel in New York and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas — — Impressionist Extraordinaire — — Craig Russell and Company — — You’ll meet: Judy Garland, Louis Armstrong, Talullah, Mae West, Carol Channing, Marlene Dietrich, and Hollywood’s Brightest Stars!!! . . .
• • Source: Ad for the El Paseo show in The Desert Sun; published on Monday, 29 December 1975.
• • On Sunday, 29 December 1912 • •
• • In the Sunday morning newspapers on 29 December 1912, readers noticed that B.F. Keith was offering "Dinkelspiel's Christmas" along with "MAY WEST — singing comedienne" [yes, the newspaper spelled it "MAY WEST" in their 29 December 1912 ad].
• • The 14th Street theatre is, alas, long gone but we can only imagine how much fun we missed since, alas, we were not around to dial STuyvesant 3400 to reserve a ticket.
• • On Wednesday, 29 December 1937 • •
• • Variety did an article on the ill-fated broadcast Mae did on NBC: "Mae West Case Big Dilemma in Washington." This piece was printed in Variety on Wednesday, 29 December 1937.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West plans a brand new act for her return to Lou Walters' Latin Quarter in New York in April.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm going to change my tempo and work very, very fast. This picture needs a big lift to pick up the speed and wake an audience up."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The trade papers mentioned Mae West.
• • Major Pictures Corp., Production Line-Up for 1937-1938, 16 features released by Paramount.
• • Features set for production include: "Sapphire Sal: Night of Mystery" — — Star: Mae West; director: Eddie Sutherland; star: Grant Richards; producer: Emanuel Cohen. Type: "A Gay Nineties musical" . . .
• • Source: Item in Film Daily West; published in July 1937
• • Note: the title would be revised to "Every Day's a Holiday" and released in the USA in time for Xmas on Saturday, 18 December 1937
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,300 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3343rd 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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