MAE WEST's Art Deco diamond bracelet, purchased by Neil Lane, has been worn on notable occasions. Imagine it lighting up your wrist as you read this. This is Part 2 of 6 parts.
• • The Love Story Behind Mae West’s Jewels • •
• • Goodness had everything to do with it • •
• • Mae West: Fashions of the Gilded Age • •
• • Marion Fasel wrote: Mae West modeled her character and style on the 1880s Broadway star Lillian Russell. She put on a corset to cinch her waist, pushed up her bosom and almost single handedly brought back the fashions of the Gilded Age near the tail end of the Art Deco era.
• • Marion Fasel wrote: The celebrated Parisian designer Elsa Schiaparelli used West’s hourglass figure as the inspiration for the bottle of her perfume called Shocking.
• • Mae West: Bought her own diamonds • • ...
• • This off-the-wall feature will continue until the sixth segment.
• • Source: The Adventurine; posted on Thursday, 15 November 2018.
• • On Tuesday, 4 January 1938 in Los Angeles • •
• • ... the only proper protection ... • •
• • The Los Angeles Herald Examiner used to run a "Views and Reviews" column. It was on Tuesday, 4 January 1938 that readers noticed a short item deriding Mae West: "The name of Mae West — — much more of a miss than a hit — — has been banned from use on its radio programs by the National Broadcasting Company. Such action is the only proper protection for the homes of decent American citizens. ..." Startling.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • William Landon Jones [1906 — 1982] enjoyed a close friendship with Mae West for 50 years.
• • "Gorilla" Jones died from arteriosclerosis and diabetes at his home near McArthur Park on Monday, 4 January 1982, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75. The former boxer was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles.
• • After Mae West's death, it's said he lost the will to live.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm not good at riddles. I ought to know if I was ever married or not."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An entertainment feature about "My Little Chickadee" discussed Mae West.
• • Roger Hurlburt writes: Ah, yes, My Little Chickadee, take a gander at the 1940 western spoof with W.C. Fields and Mae West (midnight, WFLX — Ch. 29). The duo also wrote the screenplay, though one feels the film could have been even funnier. Saloon scenes are the best; so are the performances of hatchet-faced Margaret Hamilton and milquetoast emeritus Donald Meek as a corrupt "preacher."
• • Source: "Come Up and See This Film" written by Roger Hurlburt, Staff Writer, for the Sun Sentinel; published in Florida on Thursday, 1 January 1987
• • 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 16th 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 4,600 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,640th 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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