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MAE WEST loved to wear precious gems as well as buy jewelry for others. Here's how Mae and other Hollywood headliners shopped for Christmas gifts in 1936.
• • "Hollywood Stars Put on the Dog In Selecting Xmas Presents" • •
• • Hollywood, Nov. 30 — (U.P.) — Hollywood shopkeepers, bewildered but happy at heavy buying, filled orders tonight for doghouses, jewelry and trick clothing — — items on the movie stars' fantastic Christmas shopping lists.
• • Frances Langford, for example, is giving dog houses this year. All her friends get them, even those who don't have dogs.
• • Joan Crawford's shopping list is confined largely to haberdashery with excursions into the field of trick vests [sic] and things for some of her acquaintances.
• • Nelson Eddy is an electric clock enthusiast. So he'll give electric clocks.
• • Jean Harlow is giving perfume "because I like to buy it."
• • Director W. S. Van Dine wouldn't discuss his gift to actor John Miljan, but he insisted it would be "super-terrific" — something colossal, no doubt, as the 30-passenger motorbus Miljan gave him last year.
• • Robert Montgomery probably will follow his usual custom, an easy but effective one. He puts currency in Christmas eve grab bags for all studio employees.
• • Not all of Hollywood's Christmas is so prankish, however.
• • May Robson delights her friends with gifts of homemade cookies.
• • Virginia Bruce gives needlework she has done herself.
• • And six sapphire rings already are boxed, insured and ready for mailing to friends and relatives of Mae West.
• • Source: Article by United Press rpt in The Cornell Daily Sun; published on Tuesday, 1 December 1936.
• • On Thursday, 2 December 1943 • •
• • Critic Guy Savage wrote: "The Heat’s On" (AKA "Tropicana") is a sly knock at censorship and how it affects the entertainment industry. Broadway legend Fay Lawrence (Mae West) is in "Indiscretions" — — a show destined to flop — — until producer Tony Ferris (William Gaxton) gets the bright idea to rustle up free publicity on an indecency issue. ...
• • On Saturday, 2 December 1989 • •
• • "Mae West, Wilt, and the King" was written by Ira Berkow, who had interviewed Charles Miron. This article appeared in The N.Y. Times on Saturday, 2 December 1989.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West has promised to make a tour of Army camps after the first of the year.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I used to like to play Post Office."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A California paper mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West once spoke and immortalized the phrase, "tall, dark, and handsome." Since then masculine beauty in motion pictures has been emphasized along those lines. But feminine collegians at Stanford university do not choose the "Westian standard" as a basis for their selection of Jimmy Coffis, Stanford left halfback . . .
• • Source: Item in The Express; published on Wednesday, 2 December 1936
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3587th 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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In September 1934, MAE WEST sat down for a series of "Me and My Past" talks with the United Press syndicated reporter Leicester Wagner. We will post excerpts from Chapter #6 in several installments. This is Chapter 6, excerpt f-f.
• • "Me and My Past" by Mae West • •
• • As Told to Leicester Wagner, United Press Staff Correspondent • •
• • And I carry only purse money.
• • Not that I'm unable to look after my own money, or would spend it recklessly. It's just bad business to pack a big roll around Hollywood. I found that out when I lost $3,400 in cash and $18,000 worth of diamonds to bandits.
• • Credit's Okay • •
• • My credit at stores, of course, is okay, and when I feel like shopping, I get what I want — — mostly hats. Purses intrigue me. And I like furs, not to mention diamonds.
• • Food, too, is one of my failings. But I can't cook, bake, sew, wash dishes, peel potatoes or onions. And I don't get excited over the stock market, contract bridge — — I can't sit still long enough to play cards — — fan dancing or bust developers.
• • (Copyright, 1934, by The Pittsburgh Press)
• • NOTE: This is the 6th chapter of Mae West's life story as told to Leicester Wagner, United Press. This syndicated series was reprinted in American newspapers during September 1934.
• • This has been excerpt f-f — — the conclusion of Chapter #6.
• • Chapter #7 will follow shortly.
• • On Friday, 1 December 1933 • •
• • An article about Mae West with the title "Diamond Lil" ran in the Chicago Daily Tribune on Friday, 1 December 1933.
• • On Wednesday, 1 December 1976 in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West starred in "Sextette" [1978], and the cinematography was done by James Crabe.
• • Shooting began at Paramount Studios' rental facility in December — — on Wednesday, 1 December 1976 — — and the picture was wrapped up during March 1977. James Crabe captured his leading lady in medium shots. There would be no close-ups in "Sextette" of Mae West.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The night Prohibition was repealed, Mae was being photographed in a Hollywood speakeasy with Gary Cooper,
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It's harder to write for the screen because of the censors. I have to ask the censors whether I could even sit on the arm of a man's chair."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An Indiana newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • The Golden Gate Night Club went big time recently when they offered “Female Impersonators.” There were four of them and they were billed under the names of popular stage and screen stars. They were Bronze Mae West, Peaches Browning, Miss California, Miss Texas, Miss Petite, etc. [sic] . . .
• • Source: Item in Indianapolis Recorder; published on Saturday, 1 December 1934
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 12th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these
past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,500 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3586th 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 1978 • •
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