Mae West: The Wilshire Bowl

During her Hollywood career, MAE WEST preferred horse racing and boxing to premieres. However, she did attend some events at the Wilshire Bowl and won an honored position in their mural.
• • Here is Mae West with John Carradine and John Barrymore on Monday, 1 September 1941 in Los Angeles.

• • A stage show "The Silver Screen" had its debut on that date at the Wilshire Bowl nightclub (5665 Wilshire Blvd).
• • Mae attended with her usual companion, Jim Timony (not shown).
• • In this photo, Mae seems rather bored despite these two actors closing in on her.
• • The Wilshire Bowl nightclub (5665 Wilshire Boulevard) was helped made popular with film folk by popular bandleader Phil Harris, according to Martin Turnbull, the author of Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels.
• • This startling mural appeared on the wall of the Wilshire Bowl at 5665 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, which during a different lifetime was also known as Slapsy Maxie’s. 

• • In this mural we can see: Bob Hope, Joe E. Brown, Charles Winninger, Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Humphrey Bogart, WC Field, Mae West, and George Arliss. The image and caption appear courtesy of novelist Martin Turnbull.
• • On Saturday, 10 June 1911 • •
• • On Saturday, 10 June 1911, it was clear that Mae West had impressed the New York critics when she appeared in "A Florida Enchantment," a two act comedy (with co-star Frank Wallace) staged at Columbia Theatre. 
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West has completed her Paramount picture, “Night After Night.” No deal so far has been made for further Hollywood assignments.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "My hobby is [collecting] beds. I own one that was made for Diamond Jim Brady and a few others."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Sun-Sentinel mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West owed the IRS nearly $81,500 in 1934.
• • A copy of a dunning notice to one of Hollywood's first blond bombshells is among the items to be sold at a movie memorabilia auction on Saturday and Sunday.
• • Only the most serious movie collectors will care about such stuff, but those are the people who are most likely to come to the auction this weekend at the C.B. Charles Galleries, 750 E. Sample Road, Pompano Beach. Doors open each day at noon.
• • In addition to Mae West's tax statement, Charles will sell dozens of still photographs, movie posters and personal items from the estates of stars including Rosalind Russell and John Barrymore. . . .
• • Source: The Sun-Sentinel; published on Friday, 5 May 1995
• • 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,493rd 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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