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MAE WEST motivated her young fans to commit naughty pranks sometimes. Nevertheless, dressing in drag was still avant-garde in Kansas in 1933.
• • "Schoolboy Expelled for 'Mae West' Act" • •
• • Hiawatha, Kansas, Dec. 13 — [UP] — Billy Martin may be a Boy Scout, but he shouldn't impart a Mae West character to a lady teacher.
• • Martin was expelled from high school for dressing in female attire, proclaiming himself to be the teacher, and saying: "Why don't you come up and see me some time?"
• • Martin was reinstated a few hours later after he apologized and cited his record as a Scout of "Eagle" rank.
• • Source: Item in The Pittsburgh Press; published on Wednesday, 13 December 1933.
• • Mae West on NBC, Sunday, 12 December 1937 • •
• • Perhaps no other radio segment of The Chase and Sanborn Hour has sparked more commentary than the Sunday, December 12th, 1937 broadcast starring Mae West, the 44-year-old movie queen, who usually hid the fact that she was unable to read a script without eyeglasses.
• • The popular star of Paramount Pictures rarely appeared on radio. When she did, the sole purpose was to promote one of her films. West had guest-starred on The Shell Chateau with Al Jolson in 1936 and also Louella Parsons’ blackmailing program Hollywood Hotel on 26 April 1935, with featured guest Paul Cavanagh in an adaptation of her (then most current) screen gem: "Goin’ to Town."
• • When the producers of The Chase and Sanborn Hour offered the sex goddess the opportunity to appear on the weekly show — — then currently the highest-rated program of the year — — she accepted the invitation to boost the awareness of her latest film, "Every Day's a Holiday."
• • Mae West often wrote her own scripts and even produced her own plays, so she offered NBC the option of a sneak peek at some scenes from her new screen comedy set during the 1890s in New York City.
• • Interesting, but rarely commented on, is the fact that Mae wore a spectacular black gown framed by expensive furs and jewelry when she showed up at NBC's Hollywood headquarters on Sunday, 12 December 1937 — — an eyeful that could only be appreciated by the live studio audience.
• • As if to be extra-cautious, Mae donned eyeglasses and also wore a fancy lornette on a chain around her neck, not unlike the extra-careful gentleman who wears suspenders and a belt. Then she stepped up to the microphone and threw caution to the fates.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • In 1930, Herb Howe, the Hollywood chronicler who knows every motion picture star by first name, stated that Mae West has reduced 64 pounds. [rpt in The Ogden Standard-Examiner]
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "When I was 12, we left Brooklyn and moved to a house at Kew Gardens in Long Island. I've still got that house in Kew Gardens."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The N.Y. Times mentioned Mae West.
• • “She wriggled through it at the Coronet on Saturday evening, attired in some of the gaudiest finery of the century — the femme fatale of the Bowery, bowling her leading men over one by one with her classical interpretation of a story-book strumpet,” Brooks Atkinson wrote in his review that February in The Times.
• • Source: Item in The N.Y. Times; published on Thursday, 11 September 2014
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •
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past decade. Yesterday we entertained 1,430 visitors.
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During the month of March 1924, MAE WEST was trouping through the southwest, where she had accepted a four-week contract to perform on the Interstate Vaudeville Circuit. Covering Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas, this was one of variety's least desirable routes and a far cry from the bath of light at Times Square.
• • Perhaps a motion picture promotional tour during the 1930s took her back to Tulsa — — because the new management of a local inn is displaying her portrait, claiming Mae slept there. Since they did not furnish gritty specifics such as which of the 600 rooms she booked, which floor she breezed through, or what year, you'll need to call them up and ask: T: 918-582-6296. [Do let us know!] • • Eighty-four years ago architect George Winkler designed the Mayo Hotel [at 115 W. Fifth Street, Tulsa, OK 74103], which went up in 1925, sparing no expense on the very cool marble and terrazzo flooring.
• • Unfortunately, the venue's guests since 1981 were mostly ghosts. An extensive renovation is under way, apparently, and new residents will start hanging their hats there by August 22nd. By Hallowe'en they ought to be in good spirits.
• • According to Macy Snyder, sales manager at the Mayo, workers are polishing the finials, spit-shining the doorknobs, and completing the $40 million renovation, equipping the landmark with 102 hotel rooms, 76 apartments, seven meeting rooms, and a new restaurant space. In 1980 the (then forlorn) Mayo was added to The National Register of Historic Places.
• • Tulsa World's Robert Evatt interviewed Ms. Snyder recently. Macy Snyder told him: "Those rooms will be unique as well because more than 100 different large photos of historic Tulsa and the Mayo's history, from famous guests to its recent reconstruction, will be scattered throughout the rooms and the hallways. ..."
• • The Mayo Hotel boasts of these famous connections, noted Robert Evatt: Oilman J. Paul Getty lived at the Mayo when he was a Tulsan. Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Bob Hope, Charles Lindbergh, Charlie Chaplin, and Babe Ruth are among its famous guests. Richard Nixon once spoke there. ...
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• • Article: "A milestone for the Mayo"
• • Byline: Robert Evatt, Tulsa World Staff Writer | Research by Hilary Pittman
• • Published in: Tulsa World — — http://www.tulsaworld.com/
• • Published on: 6 August 2009
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During the Prohibition Era, this personable actress worked with MAE WEST and garned high praise from many film critics — — and yet she was often not credited in the cast. Since this talented thespian was born during the month of June, she's on our mind today. 
• • After years as a radio and vaudeville performer, Kansas native Hattie McDaniel [10 June 1895 — 26 October 1952] began her film career in the early 1930s playing bit parts such as Marlene Dietrich's servant in "Blonde Venus" [1932] and one of Mae West's jovial maids.
• • Hattie McDaniel, who starred in dozens of films and appeared briefly (often uncredited) in hundreds, was also the first black woman to sing on the radio.
• • On 29 February 1940 Hattie McDaniel — — who played Tira's maid and manicurist (uncredited) in "I'm No Angel" [1933] — — became the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind" [1939].• • Hattie McDaniel, who has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was also a professional singer-songwriter, comedienne, stage actress, radio performer, and TV star.
• • For her contributions to radio, her star is located at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard; commemorating her achievements in motion pictures is another star at 1719 Vine Street.
• • She had just gotten signed to a TV sit-com "Beulah" when she discovered she had breast cancer. Hattie McDaniel died at age 57 in a California hospital. • • In 1975 she was posthumously inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
• • In 2006 she became the first black Oscar winner recognized with a US postage stamp — — a permanent postal honor Mae West has yet to receive, unfortunately, in this country.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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We're not in Kansas — — but MAE WEST was somehow lassoed in when the local second graders and third graders presented their tuneful frolics “Lights! Camera! Action!” on Tuesday 3 March 2009 in Pratt, Kansas.
• • This schoolhouse salute to the movies was presented at Liberty Middle School auditorium [300 S Luka Street, Pratt, KS 67124].
• • Yesterday their ambitious show featured special appearances including Mae West along with Sean Connery, John Wayne, John Travolta, Clark Gable, SpongeBob, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Esther Williams, Tom Hanks, Gene Wilder, Indiana Jones, Hannah Montana, Raven Symone, and Harry Potter.
• • The young pupils sang and danced to a cinema soundtrack, performing choreographed numbers from "SpongeBob SquarePants," "Finding Nemo," "The Polar Express," "Shreck," and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
• • The audience applauded these intrepid second graders and third graders — — and, frankly, we haven't seen a stagebill this compelling since the night they raided Minsky's. Bravo to those well-rehearsed and talented pupils of Pratt, Kansas!• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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