Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Mae West: Marilyn Bergman

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Even MAE WEST 's charm and charisma could not save " Myra Breckinridge " [released on 24 June 1970] — — but two numbers she pe...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Mae West: Ed the Perfect Fool

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In " Sometime " MAE WEST perfected her performance style. The 26-year-old vaudevillian discovered fresh inspiration in Ed Wynn...
Monday, November 08, 2010

Mae West: Majestic's Sinner

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Imagine how MAE WEST felt coming back to Brooklyn on 8 November 1931. After the final curtain came down at the Royale Theatre on " Th...
Sunday, November 07, 2010

Mae West: Victor McLaglen

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MAE WEST worked with one burly British actor who relocated to Hollywod and was cast, invariably, whenever the script called out for a large...
Saturday, November 06, 2010

Mae West: Helpful Harvey

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Harvey Francis Thew — — who died in the month of November — — massaged a famous screenplay with MAE WEST . • • Born in Missouri on 4 July 1...
Friday, November 05, 2010

Mae West: Texas Farewell

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Mae West lost her friend Texas Guinan, queen of the night clubs, on 5 November 1933. Her death was sudden but, in a way, Texas was always ...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

Mae West: Burlesque Babes

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No prude, MAE WEST did not hide the fact that she had worked in Burlesque as well as in Vaudeville. • • An interesting article by Divinity R...
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Mae West: Chatham, New Jersey

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Come up and see MAE WEST in The Garden State, a perfect place to reacquaint yourself with Flower Belle Lee. • • During the month of Novembe...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Mae West: Hollywood Surprises

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Did MAE WEST "save" Paramount Pictures? Maybe — — and maybe not. A new eight-part program on TCM "Moguls and Movie Stars...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Mae West: Ralf Harolde

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Raise your eyebrows if you remember MAE WEST 's Slick Wiley, for whom we nod in November. • • Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 M...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Mae West: Creaky

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Catch MAE WEST in Oz land — — along with high-kicking chorus girls who remember her fondly. • • Here's what we know: "Hooray for H...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Mae West: Blogger Ben Brantley

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When The N.Y. Times Theatre Critic Ben Brantley wants wisdom, he turns to MAE WEST . • • Here's what Ben Brantley wrote: "But rece...
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Mae West: Burlesque

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MAE WEST must surely be smiling about the new assemblage about to be released on Monday, 22 November 2010. RCA Records has chosen that d...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Mae West: Big Boy

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For her cleverness alone, MAE WEST deserves to be number one, applauds Daily Venus Diva [or DVD] in an annotated feature " Movies Star...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Mae West: Eternally Edith

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Born in the month of October, Edith Head is one of several costumers who whipped up wicked fashions for screen queen MAE WEST . • • Still tr...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mae West: From the Horse's Mouth

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Though MAE WEST , by choice, did not do much TV work, her fans really enjoyed her star turn on " Mr. Ed " — — broadcast on 22 Marc...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Mae West: Spooky Arizona

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MAE WEST slept in Phoenix, Arizona — — in a landmark where an unquiet soul seems to roam the corridors. • • Though the Hotel San Carlos ha...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Mae West: Broken Dolly

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MAE WEST was cast as La Petite Daffy in the hit musical " A Winsome Widow " — — which was onstage from April — September of 191...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Mae West: Gilda Gray

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MAE WEST claimed to have introduced the shimmy in 1918 — — when she sang " Everybody Shimmies Now " — — and when she posed for th...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Mae West: Al Jolson

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MAE WEST worked with a versatile performer whose death in October caused The Gay White Way to go black as a final tribute. • • In 1911 both...