Mae West: June 1919

Ninety years ago, in June 1919, MAE WEST was onstage in a tuneful Broadway hit doing an odd thing — — playing a manhunter who can't land a boyfriend.
• • It was on Saturday 4 October 1918 that "Sometime," the "musical comedy of commerce" designed to showcase the talents of laughmeister Ed Wynn, had opened at the Shubert Theatre (establishing a nice healthy wartime run that continued for eight months at the Shubert brothers' flagship: 225 West 44th Street).
• • At 25 years old, Mae West was still much more accustomed to appearing in vaudeville than in the legit. In "Sometime," it was Mae's character Mayme Dean who appeared onstage first. At that point in her career, Mae had often been cast as an Irish maid — — although Mayme Dean is a frisky flapper who cannot land a man.
• • This musical closed in June 1919, after running for 283 performances.
• • Picture Mae West sometime in 1918/9, an energetic brunette sizzling onstage. A reviewer who covered her performance — — and her sultry shimmy — — at the Shubert Theatre described Mae West as a "tasty tornado."
• • A few years after this show, Mae started writing her own material — — however, she never again portrayed a chambermaid nor a lovelorn lady.
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Mae West: Orangeville

A Canadian columnist mentioned MAE WEST — — along with a haunting, daunting detail: it will be the 100th anniversary soon of the Roaring Twenties. Skidoo!
• • William Bothwell writes: We are heading toward the centenary of the Roaring Twenties, the decade after the 1914—1918 war that was the Jazz Age, the heyday of 'flappers,' of Thoroughly Modern Millie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and "Life is a cabaret, old chum!" Some called them the years of the Lost Generation.
• • The Typical 20th Century Woman • •
• • Agatha Miller Christie Mallowan [1890—1976], creator of Poirot and Miss Marple, was, in a way, the typical 20th Century woman. There were also, of course, Emily Pankhurst who championed women's right to vote, Mae West who sultrily asked every man she met, "Why don'tya come up and see me sometime," the very capable Agnes Macphail and Cairine Wilson who were, respectively, the first women to sit in the Commons and in the Senate.
• • For over half a century the Queen of Crime pounded out novels to get us through the long evenings when nobody came up to see us and those 3 to 4 a.m. hours when only the persistent optimism of Monsieur Hércule could help us make it through the night.
• • Mrs Christie would be 119 years old come 15 September. . . .
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• • Article: "Who's afraid of Agatha Christie?"
• • Byline: By William Bothwell, columnist
• • Published in: The Orangeville Citizen [Orangeville, Ontario, Canada] — — www.citizen.on.ca
• • Published on: 28 May 2009
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Mae West: Bridal Path

The Canadian lady adores MAE WEST and Hallowe'en so, when her boyfriend of 14 years popped the question, the newly-weds decided to tie the knot on October 31st — — and the bride got her wish to be Mae for one day.
• • Marty Mallaley, 60, and Grant Donaldson, 63, invited their guests to also come in costume.
• • To perform this marriage on Halloween night, their attorney Jan Phillips officiated dressed as a love drop. A darkened, fog-filled hallway led to the ceremony. Decorations included a six-foot coffin with a vampire bride in traditional white dress.
• • And 50 family members and friends gathered at the Fairvale Outing Association to see the wedding party, costumed as characters either from their favorite era or their favorite film.
• • The groom was a swashbuckling Jack Sparrow — — from Pirates of the Caribbean.
• • The bride's sister Sharol LeBlanc, the maid of honor, was a 1920s flapper.
• • Mallaley's brother, Nolan, who was the best man, was dressed as Al Capone.
• • The bride channeled Diamond Lil herself by selecting a flamboyant black velvet, form-fitting skirt, a black velvet bustier with silver trim, and a huge black hat with feathers, covering a blond wig.
• • Marty Mallaley usually decorates her East Saint John home an entire month before the 31st. Now she will be celebrating her wedding anniversary on her favorite holiday and, on her mantel, the wedding portrait will show everyone that when Marty wanted to be the Brooklyn bombshell for a few hours, she did it right.
— — Source for this information: — —
• • Bruce Bartlett of the Telegraph-Journal
• • Photo credit: Cindy Wilson of the Telegraph-Journal
• • Telegraph-Journal — — http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com
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