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MAE WEST often performed for free at charitable events such as this one in January 1912.
• • "Benefit a Success" • •
• • The benefit given in aid of the sufferers of the Equitable fire, on the New York Theatre Roof, on Jan. 18, was a big success, and the size of the crowd was a tribute to the cause of the management.
• • Pat Casey and Wm. Fox were the inceptors of the affair, and John Zanft and Harry Reichenbach shelled out the pasteboards. Among those who volunteered were: Claude Golden, the card king; Carrie Lillie, Fields and Lewis, Mae West and company, De Almo and Mae, Andy Rice, Evelyn Bennett, Dorothy Russell and company, in "Ambition;" King and Mackay, Adele Ritchie, Weston, Fields and Carrol, Great Lester, and Billy Hall, a real fireman.
• • Item in The New York Clipper; published on Saturday, 27 January 1912.
• • On Monday, 27 January 1930 in The Brooklyn Eagle • •
• • The death of Matilda Delker West was reported in The Brooklyn Eagle on Monday, 27 January 1930. A heartbreaking loss for her daughter Mae, who was born and bred in Brooklyn, where her mother introduced her to the vaudeville circuit.
• • On Friday, 27 January 1933 in the USA • •
• • The red carpet premiere of "She Done Him Wrong" took place in Hollywood on Friday, 27 January 1933. What a great day for Mae West.
• • On Thursday, 27 January 1938 • •
• • Frank S. Nugent, The New York Times man-on-the-aisle, gave his review of "Every Day's a Holiday" on page 17 [N.Y. Times on Thursday, 27 January 1938]. Nugent didn't care for the motion picture per se but seemed to appreciate the live music played by Benny Goodman and his orchestra that was part of the New York Paramount Theatre's stage show.
• • In contrast, Variety's headline was "Benny Goodman — West Boffo B'way for $57,000" [Variety on 2 February 1938]. Considering this tally was done during the Great Depression, ticket receipts totaling $57,000 at the box office in NYC would indicate that Mae West definitely attracted a full house in her hometown.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • He drew a laugh as he concluded his talk by saying in the words of Mae West, the buxom movie favorite, “Come up 'n see me sometime.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You learn to get along in life by studying life."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Irish publication mentioned Mae West.
• • We strive for originality, but perhaps old phrases should, like Mae West's discarded lovers, be given a new chance with someone else. . . .
• • Source: The Dublin Review of Books; published on Monday, 14 January 2013
• • 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 3364th 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 • • in 1938 • •
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Broadway backers found MAE WEST to be worth her weight in diamonds, according to this financial insight from the trade publication Billboard.
• • "Find 'Diamond' Is Angel's Best Friend" • •
• • For the long pull, diamonds are an angel's best friend. Albert H. Rosen has mailed Christmas checks to "Diamond Lil" backers, bringing their returns to 160 per cent of their respective investments. A year ago it looked as tho "Lil" would be lucky to pay off in rhinestones, what with a five-month lay-off due to star Mae West's broken leg.
• • Source: Item in The Billboard's "Sides and Asides" section; published on Saturday, 6 January 1951.
• • Diem Obiit Mater: on Sunday, 26 January 1930 • •
• • Mae West and her mother were really the love of each other's lives until Matilda died in the month of January — — on Sunday, 26 January 1930 — — at age 59. How terrifying it was for Mae during the winter of 1929, knowing that her mother's illness was worsening. After Matilda died, Mae felt, "There wasn't anyone to play to."
• • Note: On the April 1911 marriage license for Mae West and Frank Wallace, her mother's name is noted as "Matilda Dilker" not Delker, quite probably a clerical error.
• • On Monday, 26 January 1948 • •
• • In Britain, The Times reported on Monday, 26 January 1948 that "Miss West is a competent actress. Appearing in a tawdry ornate framework of her own devising, she puts across her own kind of audacity with good timing and a shrewd sense of its own absurdity."
• • On Thursday, 26 January 2012 • •
• • A spirited talk on Mae West took place in Great Britain on Thursday, 26 January 2012. The topic was "Parker Tyler, Mae West, and Queer Fandom"; the speaker was Dr. James Boaden, Department of History, University of York.
• • According to critic Parker Tyler, Mae West's "sudden greatness was to have introduced a deliberately comic parody of the sex goddess. Her unique blend of sexiness and vulgar comedy, in other words, was the screen's first sterling brand of conscious sex camp." In 1969, Parker Tyler expressed his opinion that Mae was "a female impersonator who is, after all, a woman." A few years later, he wrote the intro to Jon Tuska's book "The Complete Films of Mae West."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • It was his work opposite Mae West that made Cary Grant the ideal choice to be co-starred with Loretta Young in “Born to Be Bad.”
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Diamonds is my career."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A book on autism mentioned Mae West, who visited the Dionne quintuplets.
• • John Donvan and Caren Zucker wrote: Exotic by virtue of their genetic rarity, the Dionne quintuplets imprinted themselves indelibly on their generation. They were a matched set, yet unmatched in the example they set of human resilience, and the most famous children on earth.
• • The future queen of England would visit the quintuplets. Mae West, Clark Gable, and Bette Davis all made the trip north. So did aviatrix Amelia Earhart, six weeks before her final flight, not to mention thousands of ordinary families on vacation. . . .
• • Source: Book excerpt from "In a Different Key: The Story of Autism"; published in 2016
• • 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 3363rd 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
Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1936 • •
• • Feed — — http://feeds2.feedburner.com/MaeWest
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