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The censors never seemed to let up on MAE WEST. This is what happened in Atlanta, Georgia in 1951.
• • "Atlanta Censors Ban Mae West" • •
• • Atlanta (U.P.) —— Atlanta censors banned Mae West in the flesh today as they had done 18 years ago on film.
• • The censors said the play “'Diamond Lil," in which Miss West was scheduled to appear next Friday night, was "lewd and obscene" and should not be performed in Atlanta, Georgia.
• • Eighteen years ago the movie version of the play, "She Done Him Wrong," was barred for similar reasons. The film, however, was shown for eight weeks in suburban Buckhead before capacity audiences.
• • Source: Item rpt in Madera Tribune; published on Thursday, 1 February 1951.
• • On Tuesday, 1 February 1927 in Connecticut • •
• • On Tuesday, February 1st at 5 AM, Mae West was arrested along with her sister and the director Edward Elsner in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
• • The tabloid New York World covered the story on the front page on 1 February 1927 as did the New York Morning Telegraph, offering their voyeuristic readers every sin-soaked scrap about the scandal. The N.Y. Times also reported on this on February 1st but in less lurid detail.
• • This arrest in dramatized in the stage play "Courting Mae West" in Act I, Scene 2.
• • Ballyhoo Magazine, February 1934 — The Mae West Number • •
• • Mae West's portrait appeared on the cover of Ballyhoo along with a slinky silhouette of a disgruntled Greta Garbo garbed in angry red.
• • On Saturday, 1 February 1975 • •
• • The first issue of the British large-format publication Club Magazine, dated for Saturday, 1 February 1975, featured Mae West. Today this rare inaugural edition of Club is a collectible.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • James Cagney’s realness is similar to people like Mae West or W.C. Fields, who seem to be more authentic than their fellow performers, reacting to some of the cardboard backdrops that they’re working with.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "What would I be doing in a lonely hearts club?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A campus newspaper in Illinois mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Admirer" • •
• • Letter writer K.K. wrote: To honor the dead by serving those who still live is evidently the policy of the Hollywood actress Mae West. At least she refused to take a day off to attend her father's funeral because she did not want to make 155 of her fellow workers jobless for even one day.
• • If the instructors on this campus who have a habit of not showing up at class sessions or come and spend their time giving unorganized lectures would feel equally as conscientious about the students time and money spent . . .
• • Source: "Letters to the Editor" for The Daily Illini; published on Friday, 1 February 1935
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,300 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3367th 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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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • on the set with her director in 1935 • •
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In 1939 MAE WEST made a big impression on a teenage fan, a college chap from a campus in Atlanta, Georgia. As the month of December winds down and sends dusty, battered 2015 on its way, many of us are in need of a sweet remembrance from "Auld Lang Syne" or "Old Long Ago" — — and here it is.
• • "Waiting Up for Mae" • •
• • The Ellaville Sun wrote: Ross Wyrosdick, a student at Oglethorpe University, waited in the lobby of Atlanta's Henry Grady Hotel until 12:30 o'clock Monday morning to see Mae West, the movie actress, who had appeared at a theater there on Sunday night. She was expected at 9:30 o'clock but was tardy, presumably waiting until the large crowd of the curious had dispersed.
• • "Hello, Miss West," said Ross. He was asked what she said in reply. "Oh," said the collegian with bright eyes and grin of triumph, "she smiled at me!"
• • Source: Item in The Ellaville Sun; published on Friday, 21 April 1939.
• • On Monday, 30 December 1912 • •
• • On Monday, 30 December 1912 the singing comedienne was giving a double performance at 7:30 PM and at 11:00 PM at B.F. Keith's Union Square Theatre on Fourteenth Street. Featured on the bill, along with the 19-year-old hopeful, was a great deal of variety. Britain's Laddie Cliff offered new songs and eccentric dances; Phina and company entertained; Alfredo (wandering wizard of the violin) played; Asaki presented his juggling act, so popular in Japan; and gymnasts Lydia and Albino did . . . something.
• • On Saturday, 30 December 1933 • •
• • Picturegoer, a British publication sold in movie houses, ran a three part series: "Making Love to Mae West." The first installment ran on 10 December 1933, it continued on Saturday, 30 December 1993, and the final portion appeared on 6 January 1934.
• • Cary Grant's byline appeared. The actor either wrote it or (perhaps) merely signed it.
• • On Friday, 30 December 1966 • •
• • A review of "Goin' to Town" (on page 14) in The Spectator [UK] was published on Friday, 30 December 1966.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Martin Ransohoff is asking Mae West to return to films (in "Don't Make Waves" with Tony Curtis), according to Earl Wilson's column in 1966.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've never seen any of Marilyn Monroe's movies but she's probably a sweet kid."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • A. Edward Sutherland has been named as director of Mae West's next starring picture, tentatively titled "Frivolous Sal". . .
• • Source: Item in Film Daily; published on Monday, 7 June 1937
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,300 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3344th 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/
________
Source:http://maewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1937 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
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