Mae West: Kick-Ass Mae

A marvelous tribute to MAE WEST recently appeared in Chicago Now. In case you missed it, here it is. Can you think of a better way to shimmy into the New Year? Here’s the first excerpt.
• • Why Hollywood still needs a kick-ass feminist like Mae West • •
• • Steven Krage wrote:  Ever since the dawn of the 5-o'clock girls, Hollywood actresses who were specifically hired by film studios to "service" their star actors and directors, the vice grip of sexual urge has plagued Tinseltown. Hollywood has had its share of scandals, follies, and outrages, but what has been happening recently is a never-ending trove of dysfunction and evil.
• • Steven Krage wrote:  When I discuss the events of these fateful few months, I often include the caveat that Hollywood has always been a boys-club in the worst possible way. Men in Hollywood have used women as tissues and tossed them aside even faster since the first film unspooled.  . . .
• • Steven Krage wrote: Tinseltown is now embroiled in a full-fledged war, specifically caused by men not being able to put their guns away after they're half-cocked.
• • Time Magazine and Belles of the Past • • . . .
• • This is Part 1 of 6 parts.  Part 2 will be seen on Monday.
• • Source: Article by Steven Krage for Chicago Now; published on Tuesday, 12 December 2017.
• • 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.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • 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."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "We haven't had any perfectly Natural Figures since the war took beer away."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Westchester County paper mentioned Mae West.
• • "At Bronxville Theatre" • •
• • Sunday, Monday, Tuesday — — January 2, 3, 4 starring Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton in their new comedy “The Heat's On” . . .
• • Source: Item in The Bronxville Review-Press; published on Wednesday, 29 December 1943

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past thirteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,800 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3864th 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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Mae West: Side Child

On Wednesday, 27 December 1933, the name of MAE WEST appeared with the word “grandma.” Let’s take a closer look at this article by Paul Harrison.
• • One Side Child!  Let Grandma Instruct You How to Become a Star on Broadway • •
• • Members of the older theatrical in Hollywood are Mae West and Ann Pennington.
• • By PAUL HARRISON (NEA Service Correspondent) NEW YORK, Dec. 26.
• • On the stage or in the movies, age doesn't seem to be any handicap to success. Nor does it impose a very strict limitation on roles.
• • Look at Mary Pickford's face; look at Ann Pennington's legs; look at Gilda Gray anywhere. Yet Miss Pickford, at 40, has been acting for 35 years, will act again — — and probably in the role of a young girl.
• • As for sinuous Ann Pennington, 41, a veteran of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1913, following her Broadway show last season, Ann has been enlivening vaudeville and night club revues.
• • Here's Fannie Brice, 42-year-old alumna of the Follies class of 1910, doing burlesques of a burlesque show "strip number" and a Sally Rand fan dance in the Follies of 1933. . . .
• • And Mae West • •
• • And Mae West, who has become the voluptuous symbol of the new deal in sex appeal, also was appearing in a Ziegfeld show in 1910 — — a musical comedy called "Papa's Wife" [sic].
• • Laura Hope Crews was born in 1880, made her first appearance on the stage at the age of 4, and was being acclaimed by Broadway at the turn of the century. …
• • Source: San Bernardino Sun; published on Wednesday, 27 December 1933.
• • On Sunday, 28 December 1969 • •
• • John Kobal wrote an article "Mae Queen" about movie star Mae West. The piece was published in Britain in the Sunday Times Magazine [UK] on Sunday, 28 December 1969.
• • On Sunday, 28 December 1969 • •

• • Photo of The Sunday Times Magazine’s glorious Mae West cover.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • On Friday, 28 December 1934 all the good folks in The Yellowhammer State were anticipating another visit from Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I am a showman. I know that the public wants sex in their entertainment and I give it to them." 
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A California daily mentioned Mae West.
• • “Mae West Novels Banned in Ireland” • •
• • Dublin, Dec. 28 —The Irish Free State literature censor has banned Mae West’s novels “She Done Him Wrong" and “The Constant Sinner,” it was announced today.   …
• • Source: Item on page 1 in Madera Tribune; published on Friday, 28 December 1934 

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past thirteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,800 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3863rd 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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