Saturday, August 16, 2008

Mae West: 1935 Dusenberg SJ

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MAE WEST was not letting her meat loaf during the Depression Era. At a time when many Americans were out of work, the actress was in the ...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Mae West: Tabloid Tycoon

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MAE WEST was tailed and hounded by the muck-raking newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst — — with a Javert-like blood lust. • • Born in C...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Mae West: Tony Pastor

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In her youth, MAE WEST was often taken to the theatre. • • Clearly, the variety artists fascinated her because she enjoyed imitating them. ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Mae West: LaGuardia

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MAE WEST and Fiorello LaGuardia have a curious connection. • • In his column " A New Yorker at Large ," Mark Barron shared insigh...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Courting Mae West: video

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• • " Courting Mae West " — — excerpt from Act I, Scene 2 • • MAE WEST — — Yvonne Sayers • • BEVERLY WEST — — Sarah Kanter • ...
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Monday, August 11, 2008

Mae West: Richman

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" MAE WEST , author, loses her pianist," noted Variety on 8 September 1922. • • Born like Mae during the month of August [10 Augu...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Mae West: Leo McCarey

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Video orchestrates odd pairings — — such as MAE WEST being shoehorned into a foursome with a director she never liked: Leo McCarey. But t...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Mae West: Hays Fever

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NPR's " All Things Considered " did an episode on the Hitler of Hollywood, celluloid censor Will Hays, whose Hays Code cripple...
Friday, August 08, 2008

Mae West: Mario Fratti Says ...

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MAE WEST shared a sheet (of paper) with Mario Fratti recently, who admired the recent production of " Courting Mae West " that wa...
Thursday, August 07, 2008

Mae West: Canadian Club

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A San Francisco production promises to draw on musical sources that include MAE WEST , Maria Callas, Ethel Merman, and Judy Garland. The dy...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Mae West: Aruba

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In her one woman show " Absolutely Anna " actress Anna Berger talks about working with MAE WEST , becoming her close friend, and t...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Mae West: Polyurethane

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MAE WEST as lawn furniture? • • Lucia van der Post writes in the London Times : Just as much fun is the Dalilips sofa by Spanish company BD...
Monday, August 04, 2008

Mae West: 4 August 1913

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It was a hot summer attraction — — on 4 August 1913 — — and the crowds may (or may not) have recalled that in 1912 and 1913 Hammerstein ...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Mae West: Ready Quip

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MAE WEST 's comments about Jayne Mansfield came up in Victoria Coren's Sunday Observer column. • • In case you missed it, here...
Saturday, August 02, 2008

Mae West: Decatur, Georgia

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On August 2nd, MAE WEST will be celebrated, commemorated, and/ or channeled in Georgia. • • This is what Blast-Off Burlesque co-founder S...