Mae West: Speed Feud

MAE WEST worked with music director George Stoll at Paramount Films a few times. One credit they collaborated on was the song “I Was Saying to the Moon” [from "Go West Young Man" — — featuring Georgie Stoll and the Paramount Studio Orchestra].
• • But did you know they were “in a speed feud” during 1937?  Buckle up and let’s investigate.
• • Mae West In Speed Feud with Georgie Stoll [Part 1 of 2] • •    
• • By Henry Sutherland, United Press Writer
• • Hollywood, May 18 -- Lazy-eyed Mae West and Georgie Stoll, the sharp-faced, bushy-haired film music director, are at odds over speed of their cars, and may race it out for a side bet at Muroc Dry Lake.
• • Henry Sutherland wrote: It all began when Mae's chauffeur, Alex Havier, cast a sneer at Stoll's super-charged Dusenberg, which Stoll claims is the fastest stock car in the world, and capable of 165 miles an hour.

• • Havier gibed nobody has ever seen the Stoll pride and joy do 165, while Mae's chariot, a cream-colored roadster of the same make, has actually turned up 139 without the throttle being fully open.
• • The bet at Muroc Dry Lake was inspired by the super-charged Dusenberg • • . . .
• • Part 2, the conclusion, will be posted tomorrow.
• • Source: The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA); published on Tuesday, 18 May 1937.
• • Note: George Stoll [7 May 1902 — 8 January 1985] worked with Mae West on two films for Paramount, as her music director and conductor.
• • On Thursday, 19 December 1991 in London • •
• • Christie's held a "Film and Entertainment" auction in London on 19 December 1991.
• • Among the rare items was this: "Lot Description: Film Stars." This included approximately eight hundred publicity postcards, circa 1930s — 1960s, subjects include Mae West, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Maurice Chevalier, Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Collette Colbert, Tallulah Bankhead, Grace Kelly, and Brigitte Bardot, in an album and loose. Price realized was $564.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, Will Rogers, Jack Benny, George M. Cohan, Enrico Caruso, Marion Anderson. These and many more all played Scranton during the vaudeville era.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "My left leg is Christmas; my right leg is Easter; why don't you come up and visit me between the holidays?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Malaya Tribune mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West suggests a censorship of all those stories about her which are going the rounds. But she does not suggest it seriously. Like Henry Ford, she realises the advantages of publicity. “If you hear any new ones,” she says, “come up and see me.”
• • Source: Malaya Tribune; published on Friday, 21 December 1934
• • 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 4,100 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4108th 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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