“MAE WEST stood a mere 4 feet, 6 inches tall — — a shocking revelation to those who do not know everything Mae West,” states this article in Film Fracture. Let us focus on the movie queen's work in her rags to riches circus script and Mae's fascinating Deco-licious costumes designed by Travis Banton.
• • Keep in mind this quote by Mae West: “Nudity in a motion picture detracts from your face and personality. That’s why I never show my ankles.” This is Part 3 of 11 parts.
• • TCM Classic Film Festival: The Legendary Costume Design of Travis Banton, with Mae West in I’m No Angel • •
• • Mae West: Her real height is a shocking revelation • •
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: This is a shocking revelation to those who do not know everything Mae West.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: In order to appear taller, and slimmer, Mae wore stiletto platform shoes and required that all of her clothes on screen, including daytime attire, be floor length.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: The movie audience would never see Mae West’s ankles, even if the fashion of the time was mid-calf length dresses and skirts.
• • Mae, astride an elephant, in skyscraper heels • •
• • Mae West: Even the artificially stuffed bodice • • ...
• • This article continues on the next post.
• • Source: Film Fracture; published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012.
• • On Wednesday, 3 June 1936 • •
• • The Straits Times wrote an unfavorable review of "Klondike Annie" and ran it on Wednesday, 3 June 1936. Not realizing how much the censors whittled away the original script, thereby jinxing the film, the critic from England blamed it all on Mae. Unfair, of course.
• • The London correspondent wrote: Mae West did a service to the modern world. She debunked sex. Now she has somersaulted. She has quit debunking sex and started taking herself seriously. ...
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West worked with a large cast in "Belle of the Nineties" [1934] and one Big Apple gal was Ellinor Vanderveer, seen briefly as the New Orleans Dowager.
• • Supposedly, in Hollywood, Ellinor Vanderveer became known as "the queen of the dress extras." Launching a career in the cinema when she was a mature woman of 38 years old in 1925, the plucky native New Yorker was promptly featured as the Czarina, wife of Czar Nicholas, in 1926.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I didn't have to learn about 'bad' women as every woman knows how 'bad' a woman could be if she makes up her mind to it."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A column on upcoming variety acts in 1916 mentioned Mae West.
• • Jersey City, N. J — B.F. Keith's bill on July 10-12. Julie Heme and company, Ben Deely and company. Grace Fisher, Gus Van and Joe Schenck, Mae West and Sister, Smith and Ralph, and Lillian Gish. ...
• • Source: The New York Clipper; published on Monday, 10 July 1916
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,748th 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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