Mae West: Gage & Tollner

A world-famous restaurant — — that in its heyday served Hollywood stars like MAE WEST and Jimmy Durante — — could soon return to downtown Brooklyn.
• • Joseph Chirico, who ran Gage & Tollner before closing the upscale eatery in 2004, said he plans to reopen it at a new location within two years. "It broke my heart to shut it down," said the restaurateur. He kept the naming rights but sold the original building.
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• • Published in: The New York Post
• • Byline: Rich Calder
• • Published on: 25 August 2008
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• • Established as an oyster bar and seafood house in 1879 was Gage & Tollner: 372 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Friml

MAE WEST racked up a long-running success thanks to Rudolf Friml.
• • Born in Prague on 7 December 1879, Friml was a pianist and composer.
• • Playing opposite Ed Wynn in Arthur Hammerstein's "Sometime," with music by Rudolf Friml, Mae West performed the shimmy for an appreciative Broadway audience. In the dance known as the shimmy, there was hardly any movement of the feet, but continuous movement of the shoulders, torso and pelvis.
• • This light-hearted show opened at the Shubert Theatre on 4 October 1918. The musical closed in June 1919, after running for 283 performances.
• • Time Magazine ran an article on the composer in their November 1939 issue. Friml told an interviewer that Victor Herbert communicated via an Ouija board. Unfortunately, the spirit world never offered Friml sufficient other-worldly advice to help resurrect his career.
• • Rudolf Friml died during the month of November — — on 12 November 1972 — — at age 92.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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