Sunday, December 12, 2010

Mae West: Hell and Helen

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On December 12th — — the date of the old " Chase and Sanborn Hour " tempest — — what often comes to mind is how much was politica...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Mae West: Dewey in the Derby

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Wearing a derby, he took the role of Spider Kane and had some scenes with Lady Lou played by MAE WEST . • • Born in New Haven Connecticut on...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Mae West: December 10th

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Mention Jascha Heifetz and few would suspect a link to MAE WEST during the Prohibition Era. • • Born in 1901 in Vilnius (then the Russia...
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Mae West: Curtis as Cummings

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The role of Captain Cummings — — in MAE WEST 's play " Diamond Lil " — — required a handsome, charismatic man with stage tr...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Mae West: Bradley Page

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Mention " Night After Night ," the classic Pre-Code gem featuring MAE WEST , and many fans will recall leading man George Raft and...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Mae West: Songman Sam

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One songwriter provided MAE WEST with jazzy cinema numbers — — and several are still memorable . Though he worked in California for years...
Monday, December 06, 2010

Mae West: Leo Tover

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Mention " I'm No Angel ," the classic screen gem written by and starring MAE WEST , and many fans will recall the Paramount P...
Sunday, December 05, 2010

Mae West: December Men

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Joe Breen ran MAE WEST through the ringer and robbed her scripts of vigor. • • Once the Brooklyn bombshell was under contract to Paramount...
Saturday, December 04, 2010

Mae West: Mayo's Night After

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Archie Mayo directed MAE WEST in 1932 — — and we are thinking of him because he died during the month of December. • • Born in New York C...
Friday, December 03, 2010

Mae West: Full Chapter Coverage

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MAE WEST gets full chapter coverage in a new book-length study of a neglected motion picture genre — — the comedy. • • " Another F...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Mae West: 2 December 1943

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It's doubtful that MAE WEST was overjoyed at the release of " The Heat's On ," which debuted on 2 December 1943. • • ...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Mae West: Leslie Took a Powder

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Just when you thought you could name each and every motion picture starring MAE WEST comes an obituary for an actor that names a film you n...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Mae West: New Beaton Book

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Who doesn't love MAE WEST ? • • Well, even though Cecil Beaton was madly pursuing Greta Garbo, who spurned his marriage proposal, he ...
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Mae West: Granted Cary

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MAE WEST said: "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." • • This statement could easily describe her handso...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Mae West: San Bernadino Upstart

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During the 1920s, MAE WEST performed " Diamond Lil " onstage in San Bernadino in an imposing playhouse that seated 1200 — 1400 ti...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Mae West: Thanks from San Diego

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On Thanksgiving, some news people gave thanks for MAE WEST . • • For instance, San Diego, California reporter Beth Accomando wrote: I gi...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Mae West: Zolya Talma

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The last revival of " Diamond Lil " — — written by and starring MAE WEST — — staged at the Broadway Theatre [1681 Broadway, NYC...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Mae West: Ragtag Cinema

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Come up and see MAE WEST this coming Tuesday. • • Columbia, Missouri journalist Aarik Danielsen sets forth the history on the pre-Code E...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Mae West: Raft Remembered

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MAE WEST told a reporter that she almost married George Raft [26 September 1895 — 24 November 1980], a native New Yorker and an actor mos...