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The critics often weighed in on MAE WEST — — and seldom were they indulgent. 
• • Back on 21 April 1928, Billboard's resident killjoy was Robert Garland. He had also been reviewing for the New York World—Telegram and was a founding member of the Drama Critics Circle. Perhaps trying to insure she would get good notices from him, one hopeful changed her name from Miss Gumm to "Judy Garland," snagging his surname.
• • Well, on that date eighty-one years ago, Robert Garland actually paid "Diamond Lil" a left-hand compliment.
• • "You'd have thought that a favorite bootlegger had come back from Atlanta," wrote drama critic Robert Garland in the New York Evening Telegram [5 April 1928]. "Mae West makes Miss Ethel Barrymore look like the late lamented Bert Savoy."
• • Wouldn't you know it? We did not notice any books about Robert Garland reviewed today in the London Guardian. However, we did spot a column about the book "Heroes: From Alexander the Great To Mae West" by Paul Johnson [Orion Books]. Which brings to mind this bit of Middle Eastern wisdom: "The dogs bark — — but the caravan moves on."
• • On 21 April 1957, the world received the sad news that Nils T. Granlund had died in a taxi accident in Las Vegas.
• • Born in Sweden but raised in the USA, Nils T. Granlund [29 September 1890 — 21 April 1957] was a Broadway show producer, radio industry pioneer, and also a publicist for Marcus Loew who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). So well known that he went by his initials N.T.G., this powerhouse was Mae West's publicist and he also attended her wedding when she married Guido Deiro.• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • Robert Garland • • 1935 • •
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Mae West.
Edward Arnold co-starred with Mae West in "I'm No Angel" [1933].
• • Native New Yorker Edward Arnold [18 February 1890 — 26 April 1956] was a character actor who appeared in 150 films — — along with his role as Big Bill Barton.
• • Born on the Lower East Side of New York City as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider, he was the son of German immigrants. With his booming baritone voice, piercing blue eyes, and a heavy-set physique, Edward Arnold was an expert at playing rogues and authority figures.
• • A burly man with a commanding style, he was a popular screen presence for decades. He starred in such film classics as Diamond Jim [1935], a role he reprised in Lillian Russell [1940].
• • Edward Arnold served as President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956 at age 66.• • "I'm No Angel" Cast • •• • Mae West as Tira
• • Cary Grant as Jack Clayton
• • Gregory Ratoff as Benny Pinkowitz
• • Edward Arnold as Big Bill Barton
• • Memorable lines • •
• • Rajah (a fortuneteller): Ah, you have a wonderful future. I see a man in your life.
• • Tira: What — — only one?
• • Tira: Beulah, peel me a grape.
• • Tira: It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
• • Tira: When I'm good I'm very good. But when I'm bad I'm better.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West.
Edmund Lowe, who died on 21 April 1971, co-starred with MAE WEST in the film "Every Day's a Holiday."
• • The California native was born in San Jose [3 March 1890] and got into the entertainment industry early on. In their December 1919 issue, Motion Picture World did an article on the handsome six-footer: "New Leading Man for Norma Talmadge."
• • Fans might remember seeing him as the engineer in Mike Todd's "Around the World in Eighty Days" or in his final film "Heller in Pink Tights" [1960].• • In Hollywood, Edmund Lowe has a star on the Walk of Fame [for Motion Pictures] at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard and another star [for TV] nearby at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.
• • At age 81, the actor died of a lung ailment in Woodland Hills, California.• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • 1938 • •NYC
Mae West.
