Monday, January 27, 2020

Mae West: Perth Post

In January 1938, the NBC ban of the name of MAE WEST was making worldwide headlines.
• • “Mae West Is Banned Over Radio” • •
• • ("The Sunday Times" Special Message.)
• • New York, Saturday, 29 January — — The National Broadcasting Company from its headquarters here has issued definite instructions that the name of Mae West must not be mentioned over any station in the network which it controls.
• • It is believed that this is the result of violent objection that followed Miss West's recent appearance, after a four-year absence from the air, in a sketch entitled "Adam and Eve."
• • Source: Sunday Times (Perth, Australia); published on Sunday, 30 January 1938.
• • On Friday, 27 January 1933 in the USA • •
• • The red carpet premiere of "She Done Him Wrong" took place in Hollywood on Friday, 27 January 1933. What a great day for Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Directly under a striking color portrait of Mae West on the cover of the January 1934 issue of Screenland, the Smart Screen Magazine, the editors promised that you would find "Mae West's Personal Message to You!" on page 24.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The time to worry is when they stop talking about you."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A British Columbia daily paper mentioned Mae West.
• • “An Open Letter to Mae West” • •
• • The celebrated Hollywood movie star writes to Zita Lomas, The Sun's graphologist, who bares Mae West's good and bad point (ignoring the "curves") in the tabloid magazine section of this week's Sunday Sun . . .
• • Note: Our fascinating handwriting analysis series begins on The Mae West Blog on Monday, 10 February 2020. What does Zita Lomas discover in Mae's penmanship style?
• • Source: The Vancouver Sun (Canada); published on Friday, 29 December 1933
• • 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 15th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,300 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,396th 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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