Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Mae West: The King's Speech

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The Academy Award hooplah over " The King's Speech " calls to mind the day MAE WEST was invited to party with the King of Eng...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Mae West: Nicodemus

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MAE WEST had a special fondness for native New Yorkers, vaudevillians, and African-Americans and Nick Stewart was all of those. • • Born In...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Mae West: Diane in the Boudoir

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MAE WEST had tried to sue Show Magazine over this portrait taken in her white and gold boudoir. Show published it anyway [January 1965 is...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Mae West: Sahara Shake Up

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In 1952 the Sahara Hotel opened in Las Vegas and two years later MAE WEST launched her new concept — — The Mae West Revue — — on the Strip...
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Mae West: Boyd Irwin

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MAE WEST worked with a large cast in " The Heat Is On " [1943] and one British character actor was born 17 years before her. • • ...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Mae West: One-Eyed Director

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MAE WEST signaled her desire for Raoul Walsh, an intrepid Irishman, to direct her forthcoming motion picture " Klondike Lou " — —...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Mae West: Quake Aid in 1933

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MAE WEST was in one motion picture with handsome Lloyd Bridges, who was 30 at the time. He was cast as Andy Walker in " The Heat'...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Mae West: Booked by Bohm

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From 1912 — 1916, MAE WEST had an ally in vaudeville: her well-connected booking agent Frank Bohm. • • When the Brooklyn-born tough chick...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Mae West: North to Alaska

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The reviews of " Klondike Annie " starring MAE WEST — — as The Frisco Doll, Rose Carlton, Sister Annie Alden — — began appearing ...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Mae West: When Will Hays Won't

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Will Hays did battle with MAE WEST , bleaching her scripts of fun and friskiness, and earning his title as the Hitler of Hollywood. • • Bo...
Sunday, March 06, 2011

Mae West: William DeWolf Hopper

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Hedda Hopper asked MAE WEST how she came to know so much about men. "Baby," Mae West replied, "I went to night school!"...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

Mae West: Irving Kahal

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In the 1935 MAE WEST comedy " Goin' to Town ," there are several favorites on the soundtrack. • • " Love Is Love "...
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Friday, March 04, 2011

Mae West: Howard Greenfield

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In the 1978 MAE WEST motion picture " Sextette ," Timothy Dalton [born 21 March 1946] covers the tune "Love Will Keep Us Toge...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Mae West: Rex, Alyce, Myra

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MAE WEST may have preferred to forget the shadows that fell across her silver screen beams in " Sextette ," her last motion pictu...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Mae West: Go West Coincidence

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Two actors who were cast-mates with MAE WEST in " Go West Young Man " [1936] share the second day in March. • • Born in Virginia,...
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Mae West: Quilt Queen

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MAE WEST used to joke, "I've been on more laps than a napkin." Visitors to a new exhibition of colorful quilts will see the ...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Mae West: Red Skelton Show

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It was 1 March 1960 and MAE WEST was a special guest on " The Red Skelton Show " on TV. • • " The Red Skelton Show " w...