Mae West: Vermont Vixen

MAE WEST will be in Vermont today so come up and see her for free.
• • Enjoy "I’m No Angel" [1933] on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
• • Here: Catamount Arts Center, 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury, VT.
• • Tell them you heard about this free screening on The Mae West Blog.
• • On Wednesday, 14 July 1920 • •
• • Sadly, on 14 July 1920, Mae West filed for a divorce from Guido Deiro [1886 — 1950], charging him with abandonment. She had moved back with her parents, who were living in Queens.
• • On Monday, 14 July 1997 in Newsweek • • 
• • In his book review on 14 July 1997, Ray Sawhill wrote this: In her zesty "Becoming Mae West" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Emily Wortis Leider points out that by the time she barreled into movies, West had 35 years of theater and vaudeville behind her. Sawhill wrote: She liked prizefighters, cross-dressers and stealing credit from collaborators.   ...
• • On Wednesday, 14 July 1999 • •
• • Paul Novak, Mae West's companion of 26 years (the acknowledged love of her life) died on Wednesday morning, 14 July 1999. He had married late in life and left a widow.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • In the motion picture "Goin' to Town" starring Mae West [1935], Mona Rico was cast in a bit part as Dolores Lopez.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   "I like restraint if it doesn't go too far."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A NYC student paper mentioned Mae West.
• • The opportunity to compare older methods with those of today, and to evaluate technical improvements is welcome to observer and critic alike. "Casablanca," Mickey Mouse, Mae West, and documentary films are all represented.
• • Source: Item in Columbia Spectator; published on Friday, 14 July 1944
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past twelve years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started twelve years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3486th 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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