• • “He Done Her Wrong” • •
• • Would the robbers try to collect a handsome ransom? • •
• • Patrick Downey wrote: Mae West wanted to go to the police. However, Harry Voiler said that she should wait to see if the robbers try to ransom back her jewelry. When he volunteered to act as her go between, the star agreed to wait.
• • Patrick Downey wrote: During the following weeks, Voiler said that the bandits were willing to negotiate — — but he would have to fly to Arizona to meet with them. So Mae sent him.
• • Patrick Downey wrote: Once there, he called Mae and said that they had all her jewelry and were demanding $3,200 for it and were not willing to negotiate. Mae refused. When his plan backfired, Voiler was forced to sell the stuff elsewhere.
• • Patrick Downey wrote: After the “negotiations” with Voiler, Mae went to the police. Although it took over a year, Harry Voiler was finally uncovered as the mastermind behind the crime. Unfortunately for Mae, by that time, he was back in Chicago and the police were unable to extradite him.
• • Crime writer Patrick Downey has written books about Legs Diamond, Two-Gun Crowley, and many other gunmen. Find out more on http://www.writersofwrongs.com
• • Source: Writers of Wrongs; posted on Thursday, 1 December 2016.
• • On Sunday, 20 November 1988 • •
• • Mae West once confided to a friend: "I felt Bill Fields had no class."
• • This exchange was printed in The Orlando Sentinel on Sunday, 20 November 1988.
• • Mae West likes almost any movie which includes a rough-and-tumble fight. Mae isn't always on time, but she tip-toes in quietly, and often unnoticed.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Several years ago, exaggerated gestures and facial contortions were necessary to make the audience understand. Today even a small gesture onstage means so much.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Architectural Digest mentioned Cary Grant and Mae West.
• • Andrew Nodell wrote: David Powell . . . the 93-year-old former vaudeville entertainer sits beside a baby grand piano in the furniture-filled parlor of his family home in White Plains, New York.
• • Andrew Nodell wrote: “Cary Grant was doing tap-dancing on stilts in another show, and he was the one who took my mother to the hospital in Chicago when I was born.”
• • Andrew Nodell wrote: Others in Jack's circle ranged from Ed Sullivan and Mae West to Bob Hope and Bing Crosby—all of whom appear in personal photos lining the walls of a cozy bar room at the back of the house. Also displayed are letters from Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and V.P. Richard Nixon thanking Jack for participating in their 1953 inauguration. …
• • Source: Architectural Digest; published on Wednesday, 14 November 2018
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 14th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading,
sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not
long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently
when we completed 4,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4087th 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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