Thursday, June 07, 2007

SEX según Mae West

›
"SEX según MAE WEST," announced a very eye-catching poster. Recently, the Goethe Institute of Buenos Aires had decided to stage Ma...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Mae West: George Hurrell

›
George Hurrell made many memorable portraits of MAE WEST . • • A master lensman, Hurrell is the darkroom genie responsible for many terrific...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Mae West: Lillian Russell

›
Much admired by both MAE WEST and her mother was the actress Lillian Russell. • • Millionaire "Diamond Jim" Brady was another devo...
Monday, June 04, 2007

Mae West: Curdling Melodrama

›
MAE WEST would, no doubt be capable of delivering "curdling melodrama," predicted the publication Hollywood Citizen News in it...
Sunday, June 03, 2007

Mae West: Antenna Up

›
MAE WEST is coming to the TV screen tomorrow evening on June 4th. • • Why June? Who knows! Mae-mavens know that the Brooklyn bombshell was b...
Saturday, June 02, 2007

Mae West: Groovy

›
Mae Wes t said: "No. I won't be in it. What would I be doing in a lonely hearts' club?" • • Naturally, Britain's Fab F...
Friday, June 01, 2007

Mae West: Paris

›
MAE WEST turned up in a bit on – – of all places – – The Huffington Post . • • Recently writer Rachel Shteir, by way of scolding heir-...
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Mae West: Jack Dempsey

›
It was "lust at first sight" the night that MAE WEST met Jack Dempsey. • • The world heavyweight champion came up to see Mae ons...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Mae West: Dave Apollon

›
Few people made MAE WEST laugh louder than Dave Apollon. • • Born in Kiev, Russia on 23 February 1897, Dave's heavy "sour cream ac...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Mae West: 1932

›
MAE WEST co-starred in the 1932 "speakeasy" film " Night After Night " with two actresses who are linked to the month o...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Mae West: Memorial

›
MAE WEST had many fans in the military. • • Her 1926 play " Sex " featured actors clad as sailors. • • A flotation device was fa...
Sunday, May 27, 2007

Mae West: May 1956

›
" MAE WEST Says Every Man Has Sex Appeal," trumpeted the headlines of various newspapers around the country on 1 May 1956. • • At...
Saturday, May 26, 2007

Mae West: Hard Rock

›
Shades of MAE WEST wannabe-ism way out West! • • This weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, you can buy Janet Jackson's "Mae...
Friday, May 25, 2007

Mae West: Jack Sparrow

›
MAE WEST and other vaudevillians who created a unique character — and, often, a memorable tag line and signature look — paved the way for ...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Mae West: Coming Soon

›
Come up and see MAE WEST the first week of June. • • Where: The Biography Channel • • When: Monday 4th June 2007 — ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Mae West: Margaret Hamilton

›
MAE WEST 's film " My Little Chickade e " [1940] featured an American character actress who died in May. • • Severe looking a...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Mae West: Silent Film

›
MAE WEST wanted to break into the screen scene. Here is an outtake from a silent screen test in New York City during the early 1920s. • • Sh...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Mae West: "Afrodainty"

›
How many children would recognize MAE WEST in an amusing parody of a Greek hero penned for the elementary school set? • • Kirkus Reviews d...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

Mae West: Ontario Oddity

›
Tabloids were abuzz recently with the news that a certain former athlete, who murdered his beautiful estranged wife, Nicole, was refused ser...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Mae West: May 1927

›
It was in May 1927 that MAE WEST returned to the Women's Workhouse on Welfare [now renamed Roosevelt] Island. • • This time, however, s...