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It was July 11th and an Australian woman was asking: "What's MAE WEST got that I haven't?" Let's explore this delicate question.
• • "Jealous of Mae West" • •
• • Sydney-Dubbo women are protesting against an offer made to Mae West and bubble dancer Sally Rand to play Lady Godiva at the Jubilee celebrations.
• • Fortunately for everybody, the American ladies have turned down the offer.
• • Last week committee members asked Mae West and Sally Rand to ride a white charger through Dubbo "wearing only their hair." Mr. J. Miles, committee secretary, said local girls and his wife protested: "What's wrong with Australian girls?"
• • And I told them: "There's nothing wrong with you girls, except that you haven't got long hair."
• • One Dubbo girl asked: "What's Mae got that I haven't?" Nobody has answered her yet.
• • From New York City, Mae West said, she would like to accept the offer, "because they probably have not seen a horse out there for a long time." But present commitments would prevent her from leaving America. ...
• • Source: Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW); published on Tuesday, 10 July 1951.
• • PHOTO courtesy of Mark Desjardins, Canada
• • In July 1933 • •
• • In July 1933, Mae West was congratulated by the Central Association for Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Milwaukee for popularizing the plump figure — "a boon for motherhood."
• • On Tuesday, 11 July 1944 • •
• • Mae West's play "Catherine Was Great" opened for a tryout at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, 11 July 1944.
• • Meanwhile, in Europe the Battle for Normandy was being fought.
• • On Saturday, 11 July 1992 • •
• • Originally broadcast on WNIB on Saturday, 11 July 1992 was the "Those Were the Days" radio series.
• • The program hosts wrote: We remember W.C. Fields and Mae West this afternoon with a special segment devoted to those two guest stars. ... You’ll hear many broadcast clips featuring W. C. Fields and we’ll have a complete broadcast featuring Mae West in her most historic radio appearance ...
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have no time for weak women."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Fortune Magazine's special feature "100 great things about America" included Mae West.
• • The editors wrote: For the 4th year in a row, Fortune highlights those wonderful, unique people, places, products, and ideas that give American life its undeniable moxie. ...
• • 3. Moxie — — Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Kaufman, Kanye West, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Don King, the list of American originals — — mavericks who have refused to entertain anything remotely close to the status quo — — goes on and on. ...
• • Source: Article: "100 great things about America"; published on Wednesday, 3 July 2013
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2690th blog post.
Unlike many blogs, which
draw
upon
reprinted
content
from
a
newspaper
or
a
magazine
and/
or
summaries,
links,
or
photos,
the
mainstay
of
this
blog
is
its
fresh
material
focused
on
the
life
and
career
of
Mae
West,
herself
an
American
original.
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According to British musician and producer Ian Whitcomb, MAE WEST had a blast recording her rock and roll album in 1972. At that time, the legendary entertainer was 79 years old and Ian was 31.
• • Happy Birthday to Ian Whitcomb • •
• • Ian Whitcomb was born in Woking, Surrey, England on Friday, 10 July 1941.
• • Ian Whitcomb, among other things, was the producer for Mae West on her album "Great Balls of Fire" [MGM Records, 1972]. The movie queen also recorded a song he wrote. He is an entertainer, actor, author of several titles as well as a record producer, singer, and songwriter.
• • We hope that Ian Whitcomb's birthday celebration today is simply record-breaking.
• • On Friday, 10 July 1931 • •
• • During July 1931 Mae West entered into a complex discussion with the Shuberts about a stage version of "The Constant Sinner," based on her bi-racial novel set in Harlem and published by Macauley in hardcover [November 1930].
• • The mainstage contracts were signed by Mae West the playwright (on Friday, 10 July 1931) and Mae West the Broadway star (on 20 August 1931).
• • When she brought her stage play "The Constant Sinner" to Atlantic City in August 1931, the crowds lined up for tickets, noted The New York Times.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • After finding out The Doors wrote "Light My Fire," supposedly Mae West said to Ian Whitcomb: "Well, that's one door that should be shut."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Guardian mentioned Mae West.
• • Christopher Hawtree wrote: According to the ragtime expert Ian Whitcomb, visitors to Mae West's apartment were always greeted at the door by an eyeball in the spyglass, then a shuffling and then Paul Novak, in blue blazer and black trousers. Novak then led visitors in to await Miss West in the sitting-room. Whitcomb thought Novak decent, kind, very shy.
• • Christopher Hawtree continued: Once he mentioned in print that Novak carried in some groceries. 'A star does not mention groceries,' she told him. But the only time that he saw Novak upset was during the making of her album "Great Balls of Fire." When Whitcomb said 'Cut!' during a vocal take, Novak was offended on her behalf and pulled out the gun he always carried. Novak was certainly always glad to see her, and she daily performed fellatio upon him because she thought it good for her skin. ...
• • Source: Article written by Christopher Hawtree for The Guardian [U.K.]; published on Wednesday, 21 July 1999.
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The A.V. Club mentioned Mae West.
• • Nathan Rabin wrote: In a fascinating interview included on the DVD for the West-starring 1978 rock/disco musical "Sextette," British singer-songwriter Ian Whitcomb, who worked extensively with West and produced her 1972 rock album "Great Balls of Fire," cheerfully relays his thought process for choosing suitable covers for the project: “I thought if Mae West sang ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ she would make the word ‘balls’ mean ‘balls’ in the other sense of the word.” (He’s talking about testicles!) To make sure everyone got the joke, Whitcomb even re-wrote (and I would argue immeasurably improved upon) the original lyrics by making them about West’s famous fondness for oiled-up musclemen of a much younger vintage. ...
• • Source: Article: "Insert Double Entendre Here" written for The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin; posted on Wednesday, 29 February 2012
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2689th blog post.
Unlike many blogs, which
draw
upon
reprinted
content
from
a
newspaper
or
a
magazine
and/
or
summaries,
links,
or
photos,
the
mainstay
of
this
blog
is
its
fresh
material
focused
on
the
life
and
career
of
Mae
West,
herself
an
American
original.
•
•
Come
up
and
see
Mae
every
day
online:
http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1972 • •
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The headline "Miss MAE WEST Now Admits Marriage" was a news story Mae fought and held at bay for two years. Hold my hand and let's go back in time.
• • On Friday, 9 July 1937 • •
• • It took two years from the time a Milwaukee civil servant discovered Mae West's marriage license and then for Frank Wallace to hold court with the news media, offering to tell all about his naughty nuptial night in April 1911 with a fellow vaudevillian — — whereupon Mae issued a jet-stream of cloudy denials such as "I was too young to get married in 1911" and "Never heard of the guy."
• • When the movie queen admitted (after her former spouse sued her in court and asked for a portion of her income) that, yep, she had walked down the aisle in Milwaukee, every newspaper from here to kingdom come printed an article about the secret marriage and Mae's unromantic status as a "kissless bride." The screen siren revised her statements from "Never heard of Frank Wallace" to "No, I never lived with him as man and wife." Here's one of those newspaper features.
• • "Miss Mae West Now Admits Marriage. NEVER lived with Husband" • •
• • Los Angeles (USA) July 8 — Miss Mae West, the screen actress, who for many years has denied that she has ever been married, has now admitted that Mr. Frank Wallace, a vaudeville artist, became her husband 26 years ago.
• • Her statement is the outcome of a lawsuit brought by Mr. Wallace to compel her to admit the relationship, and to divide their joint property, which, he alleges, exceeds 100,000 dollars (£Aust 25,000). Miss West denied that she had ever lived with him, and alleged that he subsequently "remarried" without obtaining a divorce from her.
• • Source: Article transmitted by The Sydney Morning Herald (on page 12) Friday, 9 July 1937.
• • On Thursday, 9 July 2009 • •
• • A Mae West impressionist was hired to pay a visit to the Women Republicans of Central Kentucky during their High 5 anniversary celebration on Thursday, 9 July 2009.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Personally, I have had to fight in one of the hardest professions in the world — — the theatre. There is no quarter asked or given."
• • Mae West said: "I was too young to get married in 1911."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The headline read: "Mae West Has Other Things To Do." This amusing news item was published in Tasmania on Monday, 9 July 1951.
• • New York, Sunday — Mae West would like to accept an Australian offer, but commitments will prevent her from going. She made this clear when commenting on a report that she and Sally Rand (strip-tease artist) had been asked to state the terms on which they would fly to Australia to head a parade in the role of Lady Godiva during Jubilee celebrations at Dubbo, New South Wales.
• • Source: Article by Australian Associated Press, printed by The Mercury (on page 3); published Monday, 9 July 1951
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2688th blog post.
Unlike many blogs, which
draw
upon
reprinted
content
from
a
newspaper
or
a
magazine
and/
or
summaries,
links,
or
photos,
the
mainstay
of
this
blog
is
its
fresh
material
focused
on
the
life
and
career
of
Mae
West,
herself
an
American
original.
•
•
Come
up
and
see
Mae
every
day
online:
http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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• • Photo: • • Mae West • • in 1937 • •
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