• • "Mae West 'Diamond Lil' Gives New Visions to Ladies and Also to Men" • •
• • Mae West Tells How to Hold Your Man • •
• • 1 — Be patient.
• • 2 — Show him plenty of love.
• • 3 — If he likes garlic, let him eat garlic.
• • 4 — Don't domineer him.
• • 5 — Praise him when people are around.
• • 6 — Look beautiful at the breakfast table.
• • 7 — Tell him you love him, often and loud.
• • Editor's Note: This was from the third of three installments on Mae West, the buxom actress who is restoring curves to feminine favor.
• • On Thursday, 19 October 1899 • •
• • Mae West was a little slip of a girl when the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published their edition on Thursday, 19 October 1899. This paper reported a local crime: beautiful Frankie Baker, a 27-year-old mulatto prostitute [residing at 212 Targee Street, St. Louis, Missouri], who kept an expensively decked-out 17-year-old mack, stabbed him on October 15th.
• • The stabbing and the trial inspired the folksong "Frankie and Johnny."
• • In 1928 — 1929, Mae West sang "Frankie and Johnny" on Broadway in her melodrama "Diamond Lil," giving the song a glamour glow, enhancing its prominence.
• • On Saturday, 19 October 1935 • •
• • Joe Breen and John Hammel exchanged yet another letter about Mae West's latest controversial project "Klondike Annie" on Saturday, 19 October 1935.
• • On Sunday, 19 October 1969 • •
• • In their weekly weekend insert dated for Sunday, 19 October 1969, Parade Magazine printed an article on Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, with reporters and photographers jostling round her seeking the wisecrack and the "come hither" look, had good value. She put on just the act they wanted.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Tired of all those jokes about my figure and my man talk? No, If people expect me to be the same off-stage — — why I call that flattery."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Coronado Eagle and Journal mentioned Mae West.
• • At the Theatres — — "Night After Night" Fox Orpheum • •
• • Mae West, in her first screen role, practically walks off with the picture every time she swings her hips as big, genial Maudie — Maudie out of Joe’s past— before the camera.
• • And as if three leading women were not enough, there is also Allison Skipworth as Miss Jellyman, middle-aged school teacher who is teaching Joe Anton to be a gentleman. The film is constantly amusing and entertaining. It is not without its drama — tense and stirring — but in the long run, its comedy triumphs. ...
• • Source: Review in Coronado Eagle and Journal; published on Wednesday, 19 October 1932
• • 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 3,500 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started twelve years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3555th 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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Love Mae's advice. Glad to see I do all but #6. Never was a glamour gal but hmm. I remember reading a book when I was a teenager: "Advice to Wives (from a Mistress). I was raised by three independent, single women and I swore NEVER to be a patsy wife. Yet I was, three times. This last one stuck (17 years). I guess it's time for some pretty lingerie.
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