Mae West: Eyelash Ire

According to Variety in 1936, MAE WEST was feuding on the set with actress Alice Brady [1892 — 1939], who would die 3 years later of cancer at 46 years old. Tsk tsk. The director in the middle of this dust-up was Henry Hathaway [13 March 1898 — 11 February 1985]. Since he died in February, let's revisit this tempest in a Tinseltown teapot before we leave the month on its 29th day.
• • Variety wrote:  Mae West and Alice Brady, both appearing in "Go West, Young Man," formerly "Personal Appearance," are feuding.  One report had it that Miss West issued orders that she alone was to wear long eyelashes in the picture.  Miss Brady showed up with a really lengthy pair.  Inside is that Miss West suggested certain lines be dropped from the Brady part  [Mrs. Struthers], which irked the latter no little. 
• • breaking a superstition • •
• • Variety continued:  Miss West coaxed Henry Hathaway, directing "Go West," into breaking a superstition recently.  He complied with her request to o.o. some daily rushes but, upon realizing what he was doing, he rushed from the rushes. Hathaway possibly is the only megger who will not look at his work until film is assembled in rough cut.
• • Source: Item in "Inside Stuff — Pictures" in Variety; published on Wednesday, 2 September  1936.
• • On Saturday, 29 February 1936 • •
• • "Goin' to Town" was released as "Now I'm a Lady" in certain countries. The Mirror in Perth, Australia, ran an article on page 18 in their issue dated Saturday, 29 February 1936: "'Now I'm a Lady' — Mae West as Society Lady."
• • On Saturday, 29 February 1936 in Hollywood • •
• • Taking advantage of one extra day in February to complain about Mae West and censor the script for "Klondike Annie," Will Hays sent a letter to Joseph Breen, dated on Saturday, 29 February 1936. Sounds like he was working overtime.
• • On Saturday, 29 February 1936 in San Mateo • •
• • On Saturday, 29 February 1936, Mae West was on page 2 in the San Mateo Times. "Mae West's Latest Motion Picture" was the headline, indicating the various upcoming features being shown on the following Tuesday at the local movie-houses in San Mateo, California. Black and white photos from "Klondike Annie" were featured in a spread on page 2.
• • On Saturday, 29 February 1936 in Los Angeles • •
• • "Stop Lewd Films" was the headline of an article referring to Mae West in the Los Angeles Examiner, issue dated 29 February 1936.
• • On Thursday, 29 February 1940 • •
• • On Thursday, 29 February 1940 Hattie McDaniel — — who had worked with Mae West in "I'm No Angel" [1933] — — became the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind" [1939].
• • On Saturday, 29 February 1964 • •
• • Subscribers who opened their TV Guide (issue dated February 29 — March 6, 1964) noted an article about Mae West's guest starring role on "Mister Ed," a sitcom about a talking horse. The feature "Mr. Ed Barges into a Boudoir" was printed on pages 20, 21.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A vacant home owned by the late sex goddess Mae West has been systematically looted over the last three months, with brazen thieves carrying off memorabilia of the fabled screen star.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   " I really like corsets. They're comfortable. They make you feel just like you're being held."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A campus paper in Massachusetts mentioned Mae West.
• • Metropolitan Theatre • •

• • Mae West in “Klondike Annie,” with Victor McLaglen for film entertainment and Major Bowes’ new edition of National Prize Winning Amateurs for stage including Boston’s own Michael Balero, is the dual attraction for the week ending Thursday.
• • “Klondike Annie,” written by Mae West herself, is a breezy story of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast and the Fabulous Alaskan Gold Rush, with the blonde star swinging through a series of amusing and exciting situations.   . . .
• • Source: Item in Cambridge Sentinel (Massachusetts); published on Saturday, 29 February 1936
• • 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 • • 
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Mae West: 10 Good Laughs

On Sunday, 26 February 1933, what a sizzling hot ad featuring MAE WEST was seen in a Midwest campus newspaper, no less.
• • The hit motion picture "She Done Him Wrong" had a few Midwesterners in the cast: Noah Beery was born in 1882 in Kansas City, Missouri; Grace La Rue was born in 1880 in Kansas City, Missouri; and Frank Mills, seen early in the picture as a barfly, was born in 1891 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• • The Daily Illini ad announced:  "Come on folks! It looks like a hot time in the old town," wrote the publicity team at Paramount on behalf of the local Rialto Theatre. "You'll blush and love every minute of this lively story of a "Frankie and Johnny" girl. 
• • ten good laughs for every shudder • •

• • "You'll get a shock or two but ten good laughs for every shudder" — — Herald Examiner.
• • In case the university students in Illinois were confused about who this movie star was, the ad helpfully included these two tips: "Diamond Lil" — — "Adults Only."
• • Source: Ad in The Daily Illini; published on Sunday, 26 February 1933. 
• • Note: Can you see the man being crushed by Mae West's hand? That's a riot when you consider how very petite the actress was in person.
• • On Wednesday, 26 February 1936 • •
• • Hollywood Citizen News ran this tantalizing Tinseltown teaser on Wednesday, 26 February 1936: "Mae West Mum in Lubitsch, Timony Debate."
• • On Saturday, 26 February 1938 • •
• • A leisurely article (317 words) published Down Under on Saturday, 26 February 1938 discussed in great detail all the ways Mae West, the real woman, was nothing like the fast-living and man-eating fictional females she played.
• • The Mirror (in Perth, Australia) wrote: Mae West's characterisation of a motion picture star in "Go West Young Man," the hilarious comedy, which will be screening at the Grand Theatre, Friday next, March 4, strangely enough, is entirely unlike her own life as an outstanding film luminary.
• • The Mirror gave several examples. Here's one: "Go West Young Man" portrays a film star's touring paraphernalia as extremely elaborate, but the real Mae West journeyed to Corona, California for her first ''location" scenes of the picture, in simple fashion. Accompanied only by her driver and personal maid, Miss West's arrival was inconspicuous, and her departure the same — — a decided contrast to the film role (Mavis Arden) she portrays.  ...
• • Source: Article: "'Go West Young Man' — Mae West Stars in Coming Paramount Attraction" printed on page 24 in The Mirror (Perth, Australia); published on Saturday, 26 February 1938.
• • Finale on Saturday, 26 February 1949 • •
• • A revival of "Diamond Lil" opened at the Coronet Theatre in February [5 February 1949 — 26 February 1949] on Broadway.
• • However, on Saturday, 26 February 1949, Mae West broke her ankle when she slipped on a rug in her hotel suite. That accident halted Mae's engagement at the Coronet Theatre [230 West 49th Street, a Broadway playhouse later renamed for Eugene O'Neill].
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The three movie sets an outside photographer positively can't enter in Hollywood are those of Mae West, Shirley Temple and Greta Garbo.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   "I have never met a man I didn't like."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A New York City campus paper mentioned Mae West.
• • Coming as a welcome addition to the evening's entertainment, which already includes Wynn Murray and the Golden Gate Quartet, are the Kraft Sisters, sensational new dance team currently appearing at Cafe Society Uptown. The duo, which is leaving for Hollywood soon to appear in Mae West's next picture, specializes in ancient Hindu and Spanish dances done in boogie-woogie style.  . . .
• • Source: Item in Columbia Daily Spectator; published on Friday, 26 February 1943 
• • 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 3386th 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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Mae West: Mother Goosed

MAE WEST was featured in many animated cartoons. However, only the readers of Photoplay Magazine saw cartoons of Mae, drawn by Walt Disney himself, and featured in Photoplay's playful spoof on nursery rhymes in 1939.
• • "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" • •
• • With a twinkling eye on Hollywood's pet stars, Walt Disney [1901 — 1966] turns the pages of Mother Goose's familiar nursery rhymes to create a brilliant new film — — with results pictured exclusively in Photoplay.  "Any resemblance of characters herein portrayed to per- sons living or dead is purely coincidental," Mr. Disney assures us.  . . .
• • Nimble-footed Fred Astaire is a star member of the large and famous brood who "lived in a Shoe." When they put on a show to help out their poor dear mother, kiddies Edna May Oliver, Mae West, and ZaSu Pitts are trumpeteers who, with Cab Calloway and Fats Waller, offer a mad and merry finale.
• • Note: One day we'll track down all the drawings!
• • Source: Pictorial feature in Photoplay; published in the issue dated for January 1939.
• • On Tuesday, 25 February 1913 • •
• • The announcement that "Mae West, the comedienne" was appearing at the Grand ran in the Atlantic Journal on Tuesday, 25 February 1913.
• • On Saturday, 25 February 1922 • •
• • One of Mae's vaudeville idols was Bert Williams [12 November 1874 — 4 March 1922]. The pre-eminent Black entertainer of his era (birthname Egbert Austin Williams), was born on the island of Antigua [West Indies]. In 1888 his family moved to Los Angeles. He began his entertainment career in 1892 in San Francisco.
• • Stricken with pneumonia, Bert Williams did not want to miss performances, aware that he was the only bright spot keeping an otherwise middling musical alive at the box office. After collapsing onstage in Detroit, on Saturday, 25 February 1922 while singing "Under The Bamboo Tree," Bert Williams initially fooled his Michigan audience, who thought he was clowning around. Escorted to his dressing room, Williams joked, "That's a nice way to die. They was laughing when I made my last exit."
• • Bert Williams returned to his home in New York City but his condition deteriorated and he died in a hospital on March 4th. He was 47 years old.
• • On Tuesday, 25 February 1936 • •
• • Motion Picture Herald ran a feature on "Klondike Annie" in their issue dated on Tuesday, 25 February 1936.
• • Citizen News did an article on "Klondike Annie" on Tuesday, 25 February 1936. Three days earlier, on 22 February 1936, gossip columnist Louella Parsons weighed in on Mae West's latest motion picture, too.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Eddie Cantor calls Mae West "the Community Chest" — — but maybe we shouldn’t have mentioned it.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   "I'm still looking for the right man. My trouble is, I find so many right ones, it's hard to decide."
• • Quote, Unquote • •

• • Photoplay mentioned Mae West.
• • Adela Rogers St. Johns wrote:  On other lots, Mae West was knocking over exhibitors and audiences, Marlene Dietrich was spreading glamour thicker than honey and Greta Garbo, who invented glamour but couldn't patent it, was Queen. Jean Harlow, God bless her, was the platinum blonde dynamo and — well, everybody had glamour. 
• • Adela continued: All Hollywood's gals had glamour. All but Irene Dunne. ...
• • Source: Article written by Adela Rogers St. Johns for Photoplay; published  in the issue dated for May 1939
• • 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 • • 
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Mae West: Based on Facts

It was Friday, 24 February 1933 and MAE WEST fans in California were gearing up to cheer her.
• • "Mae West at National Sunday" • •
• • Truth is so much stranger than fiction that it has to be toned down to make it believable.
• • Mae West, author of half a dozen successful plays and novels, and leading actress in most of her stage productions, makes that statement in explaining that nearly all her work is based on true facts. But, she insists, so lurid and melodramatic were the events upon which her plays and novels were based that she couldn't use them without toning them down.
• • Miss West, a spectacular figure along New York’s White Way for the past decade, makes her debut as a screen star in "She Done Him Wrong," which she herself wrote, and which comes to the National Theatre in Madera on Sunday.
• • Source: Item in The Madera Daily Tribune; published on  Friday, 24 February 1933.
• • Paul Novak [24 February 1923 — 14 July 1999] • •
• • Born Chester Rybinsky in Baltimore on Saturday, 24 February 1923, Mae West's live-in lover was thirty years her junior.
• • They met and became acquainted when Charles Krauser, George Eiferman, Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski, Dick DuBois, Dominic Juliano, Joe Gold, Armand Tanny, Gordon Mitchell, and Mickey Hargitay were among the star bodybuilders in West's chorus for all — — or part — — of the show's three-year run.
• • Chuck Krauser changed his name for a second time, becoming "Paul Novak" — — Mae's main man for the next 24 years. In a rare statement to the press, he once said: "How did she ever pick me — — just a wrestler and roustabout?"
• • Enjoying Novak's companionship and his constant concern for her diet and welfare, Mae West thrived until the age of 87, when she had a series of strokes. On 22 November 1980 she died in her sleep, with Novak, 57 years old, at her bedside.
• • Afterwards, Paul Novak quietly married. He lived in Santa Monica, California with his wife and died at 76 years old.
• • On Saturday, 24 February 1912 at the Winter Garden • •
• • Ambitious, bold, and 18 years old, Mae West, unfortunately, got on the wrong side of the French star Gaby Deslys by trying to upstage her. Uh-oh! The 30-year-old diva got the teenage upstart fired before opening night in Manhattan..
• • "Vera Violetta" opened on 20 November 1911 at the Winter Garden Theatre.
• • Offered in repertory with "Undine," the musical remained on Broadway through the Christmas holidays, closing on the last weekend in February on 24 February 1912.
• • On Saturday, 24 February 1934 in Calgary Daily Herald • •

• • The legal battles Mae West fought made headlines all over.
• • After facing down the man who robbed her in Hollywood on Sunday, 18 September 1932 in a courtroom, Mae was shocked and horrified to learn that stick-up-artist Harry Voiler [1891 — 1974] was released on bail in Miami during February 1934.
• • There was indignation in the interviews she gave. Mae told the news media: "It's time someone in Hollywood — — speaking very frankly — — showed what is known as intestinal fortitude. They threaten us in the picture colony under penalty of having acid thrown in our face. And they don't stop at acid threats either. They threaten to kill. It's time someone called their hand. And if it has to be me, I'll do it."
• • Mae's quotes appeared in an article printed in the Calgary Daily Herald on Saturday, 24 February 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Everyone has this idea of who Mae West was.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Personality is the most important thing to an actress’s success."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Ballyhoo mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West's portrait appeared on the cover of Ballyhoo along with a slinky silhouette of a disgruntled Greta Garbo garbed in angry red.  Mae West also took over the centerfold.
• • Source: Ballyhoo Magazine, February 1934 — The Mae West Number
• • 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 3384th 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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Mae West: Louis Sobol

MAE WEST was often interviewed by Broadway columnist Louis Sobol.
• • "New York Cavalcade" • •
• • Louis Sobol wrote:  "The nightly guffaws at the Latin Quarter as Mae West leeringly surveys her platoon of muscle men. . ."
• • Earlier in November 1954, Sobol had mentioned: Johnnie Ray travels backstage of the Latin Quarter to pose for a few camera shots with Mae West.
• • Source: item in Louis Sobol's syndicated column rpt in The Desert Sun;  published on Thursday,  25 November 1954.
• • Louis Sobol  [10 August 1896 — 8 February 1986] • •
• • Louis Sobol was born on 10 August 1896 in Yelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor and producer, known for "Copacabana" [1947], "The Radio Murder Mystery" [1933] and "Peeking Tom" [1933], in which he was the sole member of the cast. He was married to Peggy Antman Strohl and Lee Cantor.  He was a Broadway columnist for Hearst newspapers for four decades, writing about The Great White Way during the Roaring '20s, that decade of gangsters and Prohibition, when Texas Guinan's name was often in his column as well as the stars of Broadway shows such as Mae West in "Diamond Lil."
• • Looking back on his career as a gossip columnist, Sobol once said:  "I indulge in no profound crusading calisthenics. No world problems are attacked or solved here. We run along in our little corner offering no more excitement than a muffled popgun."  His colleagues agreed that ''New York Cavalcade'' was a chronicle of show business in an era when Broadway still was the center of that industry.
• • ''It was an exciting time with exciting characters,'' said Mr. Sobol's wife, Peggy, with whom he lived on West 56th Street. Mr. Sobol's contemporaries included Walter Winchell, Ed Sullivan,  Damon Runyon, Earl Wilson, and Dorothy Kilgallen.
• • Louis Sobol died in Manhattan at Roosevelt Hospital in February — — on Saturday, 8 February 1986 — — after a long illness. He was 89.
• • On Wednesday, 23 February 1927 • •
• • Variety sympathized with Mae West and the others whose Broadway shops were closed down due to a contagious censorship epidemic. This article ran on Wednesday, 23 February 1927.
• • On Sunday, 23 February 1997 in The Los Angeles Times • •
• • Ken Hughes wrote: It was 4 in the morning when the phone in my London apartment rang and a voice from 8,000 miles away asked, "How would you like to come to Hollywood and direct a movie with Mae West?" One small fact had, it seemed, been overlooked: Mae West had director approval. ...
• • Source: Article: "Acting Had Nothing to Do With It; How was it to direct Mae West in her final film? Don't ask" written by retired director Ken Hughes for The L.A. Times; published on page 29 on Sunday, 23 February 1997.
• • On Monday, 23 February 2009 in Los Angeles • •
• • At 7:30 on Monday evening, 23 February 2009, both Kevin Thomas and Charlotte Chandler were panelists at UCLA, and now his mink-gloved summation of her biography, "She Always Knew How," has been printed. His sufficiently tactful assessment appeared in The Los Angeles Times.
• • On Tuesday, 23 February 2010 • •
• • An item that was new in the App Catalog for 23 February 2010 was Mae West Quotes, $1.99, by Brighthouse Labs. The developer described this: "Quotes from the late American actress and scribe."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Retired Hollywood producer Paul Gregory and his late wife, actress Janet Gaynor, stayed at B-Bar-H while rebuilding their Singing Tree Ranch, also in Desert Hot Springs. They kept their horses at B-Bar-H and often visited the clubhouse after riding. "I went over there one time with Mae West," Paul Gregory recalls, explaining that West had asked to see the place." 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   "I hate writing but I have to because no one seems able to do it for me. Stories are my trouble. That's why I only make one picture a year."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New York Clipper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Harry Richman Has Single" • •
• • Harry Richman, formerly with Mae West in vaudeville, and also seen in "Queen of Hearts" with Norah Bayes, will open with a new single this week in Keith vaudeville, under the direction of the Marinelli office.   ...
• • Source: Item in  The New York Clipper; published on Wednesday, 21 February 1923
• • 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 3383rd 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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Mae West: Toronto Thrill

The Australian headline ran on Wednesday, 22 February 1950 and said: "MAE WEST  to Warm Things Up."  Let's go back in time to visit our Canadian friends up north.
• • Toronto, Canada, February 21 — — Warm blooded Mae West promised to "warm things  up a bit" when she found the temperature on her arrival here last night was 18 degrees below zero.
• • It was Toronto's coldest night of the winter when she posed for photographs in a pink nlght-dress.
• • Mae West whose play "Diamond  Lil" opens to-night said, "Old Jack Frost is on his way out." And looking seven interviewers in the eye, she added,  "I have never met a man I didn't like."
• • Mae West on the night of February 18 had collapsed during her show in Rochester, New York.
• • Source: Item (page 1) in The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland); published on Wednesday 22 February 1950.
• • On Saturday, 22 February 1936 • •
• • The newspaper headline read: "Exciting Racing in Mae West Picture."
• • The Mirror editors wrote: There are some grand and exciting racing sequences in the Buenos Aires scenes of "Now I'm a Lady" (at the Grand soon). And there will be intrigue and plotting and murder. The divine Mae West is stirred. Two songs by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, ''Love Is Love" and "He's a Bad Man (But He's Good for Me)," will linger in memory for a long time. Vocalising many will enjoy most is Mae West's rendition of the aria "My Heart Opens at the Sound of Your Voice"' from the opera ''Samson and Delilah."
• • Source: Mirror (Perth, WA) on page 17, Saturday, 22 February 1936.
• • On Saturday, 22 February 1936 • •
• • Newspaper gossip columns ran this teaser: "Mae West May Go Back to Broadway."
• • The item noted: Mae West has written a new play, and it looks as if it will bring her Hollywood career to an end — — at least for the time being. Her film contracts in Hollywood terminate shortly, and she is thinking of appearing in her own play on Broadway, where she was a famous star in the "Diamond Lil" days. Incidentally, that period included the famous prosecution for putting on an alleged indecent play.
• • Source: Mirror (Perth, WA) on page 9, Saturday, 22 February 1936.
• • "Come On Up" opened Saturday, 22 February 1947 • •
• • The show "Come On Up" starring Mae West opened in Los Angeles, California at the Biltmore Theatre on Saturday, 22 February 1947.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Before she achieved success in her first starring picture, women had to be slim, or they were out of fashion. But Mae West has changed that.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   “No gold-digging for me. I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Australian newspaper  mentioned Mae West.

• • "The New Hats" • •
• • The Sydney Morning Herald wrote this: The beret Influence is most marked in many of the new models, while others are Tyrolean in their inspiration, and a third type, the new Mae West hats, are wide of brim and are made of velvet swathed with silver or golden cords.  . . .
• • Source: Item in The Sydney Morning Herald; published on Tuesday, 20 February 1934 
• • Photo: Mae West was featured in a popular movie star fan magazine during October 1933. She was still a Hollywood newcomer at the time. You must admit it: that's an awfully charming hat on the Brooklyn bombshell!
• • 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 3382nd 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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