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It was Sunday, 12 January 1936, and The Straits Times was letting their readers in Singapore know where to find MAE WEST.
• • The Alhambra movie house was showing "Now I'm a Lady," starring Mae West and billed as a "comedy romance." Showtimes were 6:15 and 9:15 in the evening.
• • Texas Guinan [12 January 1884 — 5 November 1933] • •
• • Born in Waco, Texas during the month of January, Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan played a gun-slinger and rode bareback in silent films, took New York by storm in 1906, and earned a salary of $700,000 as a speakeasy hostess. The versatile stage star led a noisy and joyful life at full speed until 5 November 1933. She was 49 when she died. One month later, Prohibition was repealed.
• • In "Courting Mae West," Texas Guinan's counterpart TEXAS GUINAN is witty, confident, stylish, wealthy, and diamond draped; as MAE WEST observes, being together means "basking in the glow of your investment grade jewelry."
• • A good friend to Mae West who invested in "Diamond Lil" and Mae's other Broadway shows, Texas also held seances with her. We fondly remember the one and only Queen of the Night Clubs on her birthday.
• • Learn more about her: TexasGuinan.blogspot.com
• • On Saturday, 12 January 1929 • •
• • "Diamond Lil" was staged at the Royale Theatre in New York City on 9 April 1928 and closed on Saturday night, 12 January 1929 after 323 performances.
• • On Thursday, 12 January 1933 • •
• • At the time, this headline surprised industry insiders: "Skipworth Replaces Mae West in Paramount Cast."
• • The Hollywood Reporter wrote: Alison Skipworth will be featured with Mary Boland in "Don't Call Me Madame" by Paramount, instead of Mae West as previously intended.
• • Source: The Hollywood Reporter, "Today's Film News Today"; published on Thursday, 12 January 1933.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "The ideal man — — no, there's no such thing. No man is perfect. And if he were perfect, he'd be uninteresting."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A gossip column mentioned Mae West.
• • The Film Daily wrote: More Passing Show: William Morris, Jr., Murray Feil [a Hollywood representative of the William Morris office], William Perlberg, Albert G. Ruben, Moss Hart, Harold Hecht, Bert Marx, Alexander Hall, Frankie Eastman, Arthur Lubin at Mae West's Paramount party. ...
• • Source: The Film Daily from 1932
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2544th 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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up
and
see
Mae
every
day
online:
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MAE WEST was featured in the musical "A Winsome Widow," a 1912 Broadway success. One of her cast mates was Sydney Jarvis, born on January 11th.
• • Sydney Jarvis [11 January 1878 — 6 June 1939] • •
• • Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Friday, 11 January 1878 was Sydney Jarvis.
• • His first success was on the London stage as a concert singer with Henry Wood. He soon realized that singing was poorly paid compared with the earnings of a well-rounded music hall star, thus he began performing in the evenings as a music hall comedian, using a different stage name. His versatility impressed the producers of "The Monks of Malabar," a comic opera staged on Broadway the Knickerbocker Theatre in the autumn of 1900 when Sydney Jarvis was 22 years old. Between 1900 — 1919, he was in nine Broadway productions that drew on his talents as a singer, comedian, and comical actor. His last two shows were "The Cohan Revue of 1918" and "Monte Cristo, Jr." in 1919.
• • Sydney wed silent screen actress Virginia Dare [1882 — 1962]. Their son Arthur Murray Jarvis [1920 — 1979] entered the film business; he became a sound engineer for MGM.
• • From 1929 — 1939, Sydney was in 59 feature films (which included two laugh-out-loud comedies with Laurel and Hardy).
• • And yet perhaps it was daunting when the multi-talented Broadway veteran Sydney Jarvis (who bore a strong resemblance to actor Leo G. Carroll) found himself mostly doing uncredited bits amid a paucity of early featured roles. The debonair six-footer was used in scenes as a bailiff, butler, chief of police, courtroom spectator, jury member, doorman, party guest, passenger, referee, stage manager, townsman, waiter, witness, and once as Santa Claus. He played a museum attendee in his final film "Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation" [1939], which featured Morgan Wallace, who would be working a year later with Mae West in "My Little Chickadee."
• • Sydney Jarvis died of cancer in Hollywood, California on 6 June 1939. He was 61.
• • On Saturday, 11 January 1919 • •
• • The iconic publication Judge featured three hot topics in their weekend issue dated 11 January 1919 — — vaudevillian Mae West, the illustrator John Held Jr, and the Armistice. Judge Magazine's editorial office at that time was 225 Fifth Avenue, NYC.
• • On Thursday, 11 January 1996 • •
• • Under review in The Washington Post was a new release: "When I'm Bad, I'm Better: Mae West, Sex, and American Entertainment" — — a biographical book written by Marybeth Hamilton [NY: HarperCollins, 307 pages].
• • On Friday, 11 January 2002 • •
• • Eleven years ago, WENN reported on Friday, 11 January 2002 that racy "Sex and the City" actress Kim Cattrall is set for a steamy new role — — as legendary screen siren Mae West. Kim Cattrall has been approached to play the starlet in a big-budget biopic, as well as receiving offers to feature in a remake of one of actress and comedienne West's movies."
• • Since this is rather old news, it seems nothing came of it, alas and alack.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "A noted sculptor is doing my figure in marble, and says I'd have made a perfect stand-in for Venus. Flattering, of course. But maybe not. That dame was cold, and didn't have any arms."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A book about American theatre mentioned Mae West.
• • Daniel Blum wrote: Mae West made a dent in theatrical history with "Diamond Lil," a play of her own authorship. "Pleasure Man," another play by Miss West (in which she did not appear), boasted a piece of off-stage action as flagrant as any ever attempted. A "Black Maria" awaited the entire cast after the second performance. Another play closed by the police was "Maya," a symbolic biography of a Marseilles prostitute played to critical ac- claim by Aline MacMahon. ...
• • Source: Book: "A pictorial history of the American theatre, 100 years — 1860 — 1960" written by Daniel Blum [Philadelphia: Chilton Company]; published 1960
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2543rd 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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How much of her earnings did MAE WEST keep in actuality? When the government stuck its hand in her pocketbook, how far did Uncle Sam go? The cuts were quite steep, according to an article printed in January 1937.
• • Headline: "Film Stars' Salaries — Taxation Heavier Now Than Ever"
• • Hollywood, 11 January 1937. Despite the great size of annual salaries, cinema stars are receiving the lowest pay in the history of the films, due to the combination of a lower standard of salaries compared with 20 years ago, and federal and state taxes amounting to from 50 to 80 percent. Mary Pickford received 1,300,000 dollars in 1916, and was only slightly taxed, while Mae West, on a 1935 salary of 480,S33 dollars, netted approximately 155,000 dollars after the deduction of federal taxation (234,000 dollars) and the Californian taxation of 50,000 dollars. Taxation reduced Marlene Dietrich's 363,000 dollars to 100,000, and Bing Crosby's 300,000 to 95,000.
• • Source: The Examiner (Australia); published on Tuesday, 12 January 1937
• • On Thursday, 10 January 1935 in Los Angeles • •
• • A newspaper gossip column reported on Thursday, 10 January 1935 that actress Lyda Roberti [1906 — 1938] lives in the same apartment building as Mae West, George Burns and Gracie Allen, George Raft, and Ida Lupino. The Ravenswood at 570 North Rossmore was the address, of course.
• • On Saturday, 10 January 2004 in Australia • •
• • In Australia, ABC Television broadcast this show: "Living Famously: Mae West" at 7:30pm on Saturday, 10 January 2004. ABC noted: "The life and career of Hollywood legend Mae West, a one woman sexual revolution who dominated stage and screen in the 1920s and 30s with her sex goddess looks, innuendoes and rapier wit." No doubt the TV program was completely a-Mae-zing.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "When I'm not working on a picture, I get up about 11:30 AM."
• • Mae West said: "Prize fights are my chief form of relaxation. Watching boys in action takes my mind off the studio and business problems."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in Australia mentioned Mae West.
• • While making "Personal Appearance," Mae West made sure that, when she had to punch Warren William, she made a good job of it. She invited four of her "fighting" friends to watch her work — — then asked them to show her how it should be done. Bravo, Mae! ...
• • Source: Item: "Hello, Hollywood! What's Going On Over There?" printed in Sunday Times (Perth); published on Sunday, 24 January 1937
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2542nd 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 • • 1937 • •
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