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The MAE WEST effect on menswear was announced in dailies on Monday, 19 February 1934. Since the newer, curvaceous feminine silhouette inspired by the Brooklyn bombshell's figure had already proven popular, designers were paying attention. Observe how Mae's hourglass shape grabbed the attention of several manufacturers of higher-priced clothing for gentlemen.
• • Men's Spring Styles To Follow Stream-Line and Mae West • •
• • A United Press Staff Correspondent wrote: Vogue Magazine expects men to spend $100,000 more for clothes this year. The new spring styles being shipped to dealers reflect a happier, snappier frame of mind. The cut of men's clothing follows the body effect of the new automobiles, and Mae West. The conservative styles that mirrored the Depression Era frame of mind have been replaced by the "New Deal" ideas reflected in colors copied from the brilliant plumage of American birds. . . .
• • U.P. explained: Coat lapels are cut lower to give a wedge-like effect to the shoulders. Waists are "pinched" to accentuate the effect. . . . More double-breasted styles than in several years are shown. . . .
• • Source: Article rpt in The Evening Standard (Uniontown, PA; published on Monday, 19 February 1934.
• • On Wednesday, 19 February 1936 • •
• • The headline in Film Daily was "Mae West Cops Spotlight at Block Booking Hearing." That news item ran on Wednesday, 19 February 1936.
• • On Monday, 19 February 1940 in Life Magazine • •
• • The cover of Life Magazine's issue dated for 19 February 1940 featured the King of Romania. Inside were two aristocrats of comedy: Mae West and W.C. Fields.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Paramount and Metro have two troublesome women on their hands. At Paramount, it's a gal named Mae West. At Metro, a more platinum blonde named Jean Harlow. Both producers are thinking hard what they can do about them in the light of the church movement.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm here to make talkies."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Movie Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West's family is almost as interesting as she is, herself.
• • Since her Dad, an ex prize-fighter, moved into the apartment house with his famous daughter, the corridors are filled with more cauliflower ears and gold teeth to the square yard than you ever saw in all Madison Square Garden!
• • Dad is a swell guy and will bet on anything. The other day, there were two flies on a door, just sitting there minding their own business. Up comes Dad and offers to bet us either wav on which one would fly away first! . . .
• • Source: "Hollywood Day by Day" column for The New Movie Magazine; published in November 1934
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2857th blog post.
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Burlington, North Carolina was abuzz when the new MAE WEST picture was coming to town.
• • "She Done Him Wrong" — — Another Laugh Special • •
• • The Daily Times-News announced on page 2: "Mae West on Friday and Saturday! She is a riot as diamond-decked Lady Lou, who did 'em all wrong (with Owen Moore, Cary Grant).
• • You will enjoy Miss West's colorful story, her racy dialogue, her stunning performance as Lady Lou. And you will also enjoy her singing of the famous old "Frankie and Johnnie" as well as two hot new numbers written for this motion picture. Danger is just a part of the day's work on the Bowery in New York. And Lady Lou judges her men by the diamonds they can give her, and she doesn't question where the diamonds come from.
• • "Saved from Police Retribution" • •
• • That's why Chick Clark (Owen Moore) is in Sing Sing for stealing diamonds for Lou. That's why Gus Jordan (Noah Beery) is the present incumbent for Lady Lou's favors. And how she is saved from police retribution is told in an exciting new screen feature, "She Done Him Wrong" by Paramount Pictures. . . .
• • Source: The Daily Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina); published on Saturday, 18 February 1933.
• • On Saturday, 18 February 1933 in The New Yorker • •
• • An article on Mae West and her new film "She Done Him Wrong" was printed in The New Yorker in their issue dated for Saturday, 18 February 1933.
• • On Saturday, 18 February 1950 • •
• • "Mae West Sick" • •
• • NEW YORK, February 17 (A.A.P.) — Mae West collapsed on the stage at Rochester last night, but the show went on. She was unable to continue with the third act of the play, 'Diamond Lil.' It was presented without her. ...
• • Source: Item in The Courier-Mail (Brisbane); published on Saturday, 18 February 1950.
• • On 18 February 2004 in The Villager • •
• • "Mae's return court date" was the title in The Villager, a weekly newspaper in Greenwich Village. The cast and the author of “Courting Mae West” celebrated after a staged reading before a full house at Jefferson Market Library.
• • Source: The Villager, Volume 73, Number 42 | February 18 — 24, 2004
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • You should have seen Mae West practicing rope-twirling in the wide-open spaces of the Paramount lot!
• • "It's a good idea," murmured the hair-patting, hip-swinging blonde. "I've never had much trouble roping in my men, but this ought to make it even easier!"
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It's got sex and comedy. It's my personality. I put in all the things the public expects of me. Yet it's different. None of my stories is the same. I never use anything I've done before for the basic plot. If you've seen one of my pictures, you haven't seen them all. I always forget everything I've ever done and so I start from scratch."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Daily Herald mentioned Mae West.
• • Joseph Finnigan, DPI Hollywood Correspondent, wrote: Mae West and Mister Ed team up in a rare TV appearance. . . .
• • Source: The Daily Herald (on page 14); published on Monday, 17 February 1964
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2856th 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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MAE WEST's smash hit "I'm No Angel" featured the music of Harvey Oliver Brooks. According to some sources, Brooks is the first black American to have written a complete score for a major motion picture. That's a neat accomplishment so let's discuss him during Black History Month.
• • Harvey Oliver Brooks [17 February 1899 — 17 June 1968] • •
• • In "I'm No Angel" Mae warbles the title tune in her inimitable sassy way.
• • Harvey Brooks wrote the music for the theme song and the lyrics were written by Gladys DuBois and Ben Ellison.
• • Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Friday, 17 February 1899, Harvey Brooks also wrote the music for "I Want You, I Need You" and several other Mae West numbers, too.
• • Composer Harvey Brooks — a member of ASCAP — died in Los Angeles on Monday, 17 June 1968. He was 69.
• • On Saturday, 17 February 1934 • •
• • A.M. Botsford, after reviewing the script for "It Ain't No Sin" and songs such as "Creole Man" ——about smoking marijuana with a Creole man and stroking his "warm, high brown skin" — — dashed off a letter to Joe Breen on Saturday, 17 February 1934. Botsford warned Joe about "many lines which are censorably dangerous."
• • You wonder if Mae really thought she could include a song like that in a 1934 picture.
• • On Saturday, 17 February 1951 in Los Angeles • •
• • In Los Angeles on February 17th, Pete Ermalinger, manager of the Biltmore Theatre, was negotiating for "Diamond Lil" the Mae West starrer currently in Texas.
• • "Hollywood Biltmore Seeks Lil Date" was the headline and the piece was datelined Hollywood, Saturday 17 February 1951. The popular show starring Mae West was, at that time, onstage in The Lone Star State.
• • Mae West looked ravishing in her Lil costume in 1951. She did bring the show to Los Angeles for an acclaimed run at the Biltmore.
• • This item ran in Billboard Magazine on 24 February 1951.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Ronald Svdrow, eleven years old, of Buffalo, NY, has organized a baseball team and calls it the "Mae West Nine."
• • "And," writes Ronald, "with curves like that, we never lose a game!" These kids have got us stopped without even trying!
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "It was a natural style I had. My writings always went back to sex. Even my humor. I started to be more humorous when I got into pictures."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New Movie Magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • Cary Grant said: "I can't answer the question. I can only say, 'How would you feel, making love to someone under a battery of lights with thirty people looking on?'"
• • But Jack La Rue, the screen menace, declares that the player who says he is unmoved by screen love is not being completely honest.
• • "To play a love scene properly, the actor must put feeling into a role," La Rue confessed. "In such a case he cannot help taking his emotions into his private life."
• • "I admit that I fall in love with my leading women. They are adorable creatures. On the set I love them. In private life I worship them. But I know when to stop. Realism is necessary in love scenes. One I had on the stage with Mae West, in 'Diamond Lil,' always drove the audience into hysterics, it was so real. So you know what I think of Mae West." . . .
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; published in September 1935
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started nine years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2855th 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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