Mae West: NYE 2021

MAE WEST is ready to wish you a blissful and an a-MAE-zing fresh start in 2022.
• • On Saturday, 31 December 1927 at Club Deauville • •
• • Mae West spent New Year's Eve on Saturday night, 31 December 1927, entertaining a crowd.
• • The nonfiction book "The Year the World Went Mad" is exclusively focused on the most vibrant events and the most fascinating individuals of 1927.
• • Author Allen Churchill wrote: "Another New York night club listed a gala unveiling for New Year's Eve. This was Mae West's Club Deauville, at Park Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street. Here a New Year's Eve Supper was advertised for a cover charge of ten dollars. Together with this went "A Program of Distinctive and Unique Entertainment Conceived and Directed by the Distinguished Star in Person." ...  Too bad we don’t know more.
• • On Friday, 31 December 2021 • •
• • "You Are the Star" • •

• • Mark Desjardin wrote: This mural is called "You Are The Star" and this is a close-up detail of the work. [When you see the complete artwork, you will note E.T. calling home in the lobby.] 
• • Mark Desjardin wrote: In 1983, it was painted by Thomas Suriya. Due to weather damage and vandalism over the years, it had been restored in 1995 and (most recently) in 2011, when a protective coasting was applied to the work.   
• • Mark Desjardin wrote: This 20 x 30 mural is located on the side of a building on the corner of  Wilcox and Hollywood Blvd, in the heart of Hollywood.  
• • Where: 1665-1699 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
• • Born in 1948 in Wisconsin, self-trained artist Thomas G. Suriya, Jr. now lives and paints in New Mexico.
• • Photo shared by Mark Desjardin; the detail used shows a close-up of Mae.
• • On Friday, 31 December 2021 • •
• • Wishing all of our readers health and happiness in the New Year: 2022. .•:*¨¨*:•.  We hope you enjoyed our Mae West blog posts so much that you'll follow us next year. .•:*¨¨*:•. Will you?
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Ringo Starr enjoyed working with Mae West in “Sextette” and invited her to a wrap-up gala he threw in a rented house on Woodrow Wilson Drive.
• • Ringo Starr wrote: "I had this party there and about a hundred people came including Mae West. We had a band and a lot of musicians and rock `n' rollers were there obviously."
• • Ringo Starr continued: "Mae West just sat in a big chair and all these rockers were on their knees to her because she was so great. Since Mae had such a huge personality, obviously she could mix with the best of them."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The warden appeared to be sorry that I was leaving. He smiled wistfully. I thanked him for his kindness, and he said, ‘Come and see us again, sometime.’  And I replied, "Thanks, I will, but not via the Little Black Wagon."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Singapore newspaper featured an interview with Mae West.
• • It was on Sunday, 30 December 1934 that the final installment of "The Story of Mae West" was published in a Singapore newspaper.
• • "The High Priestess of Hokum" • •
• • John C. Moffitt wrote: Recently, when Mae began to work on her picture "It Ain't No Sin," someone thought it would be a pretty sentiment to have George Raft, the star of her first movie, play opposite her. George thought otherwise. He had a nervous breakdown and started for Europe.
• • "It would be like starring in a story about a boil doctor," George Raft said. "All that dame would let you see of me would be the back of my neck." ...
• • Source: In syndication to The Straits Times; published on Sunday, 30 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 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,899th 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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