Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Mae West: April 1912

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It was on 11 April 1912 that Mae West debuted on Broadway in the role of "La Petite Daffy" in the musical farce " A Winsome W...
Monday, April 09, 2007

Mae West: April Jewels

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In April 1954 and April 1956, Mae West returned to Manhattan to perform at the Latin Quarter. • • Impresario Lou Walters [1896-1977] had pro...
Sunday, April 08, 2007

Mae West: Eggs-actly

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MAE WEST was costumed colorfully for her film shoots. But since these 1930s movies were in black and white, only visitors to the set and Ma...
Saturday, April 07, 2007

Mae West: Easter Honey

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"I've gotten a lot of bunnies on Easter," Mae West retorted in her throatiest, breast-heaving contralto, when confronted by ...
Friday, April 06, 2007

Mae West: Clean Sweep

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MAE WEST knew she had a real hit on her hands, at last. On 4 April 1928, if you were standing outside of Leo Teller's Broadway Theatre ...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

Mae West: Janet Jackson

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It was on 9 April 1974 that young Janet Damita Jo Jackson [born in Indiana on 16 May 1966] stepped onstage dressed as MAE WEST . • • The lit...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Mae West: April 1974

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MAE WEST was prominently featured in the April 1974 issue of Ms Magazine . Their cover story — — " What Movies Have Done to Women ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Mae West: "Killer" Madden

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MAE WEST had a talent for hooking up with the right gangsters. • • "So sweet and so vicious," was Mae's character rating for...
Monday, April 02, 2007

Mae West: A-Mae-Zing Aroma

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Yesterday The Scotsman offered interesting news about MAE WEST . • • Columnist Alison Kerr led off with her view that, though the old formu...
Sunday, April 01, 2007

Mae West: No April Fooling

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MAE WEST was in rehearsal for her role as Margie LaMont, a Canadian vixen with no time for the Royal Canadian Mounties - - and an interest ...
Saturday, March 31, 2007

Mae West: Fab Four

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MAE WEST didn't think she belonged in a lonely hearts club. • • New England journalist James Sullivan muses on the events of forty ye...
Friday, March 30, 2007

Mae West: Mad Matter

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For the record, MAE WEST began making films in 1932 — — not the 1920s. • • Director Todd Stephens credits the screen queen with being his ...
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Mae West: I, Lovett

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When MAE WEST watched Rafaela Ottiano portray the sinister Mrs. Lovett in " Sweeney Todd " during its 1924 Broadway run at the Fr...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Mae West: Jack Bonavita

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MAE WEST could never forget the summer of 1904. • • In May 1904, Dreamland opened in Coney Island. To the right of the Surf Avenue entrance...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Mae West: Louis Bromfield

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MAE WEST and George Raft knew the address well - - well before Louis Bromfield was drinking there one afternoon with his newsman buddy Luci...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Mae West: Randolph Scott

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The pairing of MAE WEST with Cary Grant was so successful that Paramount wanted to continue it for " Go West, Young Man " - - but...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

Mae West: Onstage Today

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MAE WEST is part of the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood in the musical revue " Hollywood Revisited " - - playing today Sunday ...
Saturday, March 24, 2007

Mae West: Wit

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A large photograph of MAE WEST was selected to draw eyes to the column " Femail " printed on 23 March 2007 in a UK newspaper. The...