Mae West: Spoofing Antidote

A U.P.I. journalist applauded MAE WEST "in a rare video appearance" in 1964. Let's rewind.
• • "Guest Shot Indicates Mae Needs Own Program" • •
• • HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Mae West turned up Sunday night on CBS-TV’s “Mr. Ed” series, and made one yearn for her to have a situation comedy of her own as a spoofing antidote to the many drab females on television.
• • She once helped save a movie company, and there’s no reason she couldn’t make the television mouse roar a little.
• • “Mr. Ed” is about a talking horse.  Sunday night, Miss West, in a rare video appearance, was brought into the show by having her ask the horse’s owner (Alan Young) to redesign her stables in French Provincial style.
• • She made her entrance at Young’s home by arriving with three handsome young men. “Believe it or not,” she told them, “I gotta see a man about a barn."
• • Dressed to the teeth, and strutting her stuff, she was welcomed to the home and invited to sit down. “Honey,” she said, “you don’t dare sit down in this gown. It’s standing room only.”
• • Asked how she stayed so glamorous she replied: “Positive thinking and no drinking.” When a woman said she had heard so much about her, she answered: “Yes, I know, but you can't prove it.” Discussing her attraction to men in uniform, she said: “I even choke up when I see a good humor man.”
• • At any rate, Young’s horse is impressed by the fact that Miss West’s stables are so elegant.  and he decides to run away to her and ask to be adopted. This he does, arriving at her doorstep with a sign around his neck explaining he is a foundling. Miss West immediately takes him in and has two muscle men give him a bubble bath. “I want his coat to look like a full-length mink,” she said.  She then sprayed him with perfume, she noted.
• • Miss West also instructed that the horse be given vitamin shots. When he sneezed, she suggested: “Give him a tissue.”
• • To bring things to a close, Mr. Ed finally decided he couldn’t stand all the pampering and went back to Young. That’s how you really separate the men from the boys.
• • Article:  "Guest Shot Indicates Mae Needs Own Program"  by U.P.I. rpt in The Desert Sun; published on Tuesday,  24 March 1964. 
• • On Saturday, 24 March 1934 in California • •
• • The recording of "My Old Flame" performed by Mae West, backed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, took place on Saturday, 24 March 1934.
• • Initially, it was released on an audio single. "My Old Flame" was first heard in the motion picture "Belle of the Nineties" [Paramount Pictures, 1934].
• • On Saturday, 24 March 1934 in Sydney • •
• • The Sydney Morning Herald announced on page 10, in the issue dated for Saturday, 24 March 1934, that "I'm No Angel" with Mae West is at the Prince Edward Theatre. "This Day and Age" is on the same programme.
• • On Saturday, 24 March 1951 in NYC • •
• • Billboard Magazine ran this item: NEW YORK, March 24 — Monte Proser is negotiating with Mae West to star in a cabaret version of "Diamond Lil" for his Cafe Theater. If the deal jells, "Lil" will come in to replace the current "Billion Dollar Baby," which is on a week-to-week notice.
• • On Tuesday, 24 March 1970 in Look Magazine • •
• • "Raquel Welch, Mae West Talk about Men, Morals and Myra Breckinridge," on page 45 in Look Magazine's weekly issue dated for Tuesday, 24 March 1970.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Shirley Temple is the biggest box office draw since Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "A lotta issue over a little tissue."
• • Quote, Unquote • •

• • A gossip columnist  mentioned Mae West.
• • Walter Winchell  wrote: Orchids and a bonus to the mind who thought up this amusing manner of getting the Mae West banned title into print:  "It Ain't No Sin," it says, to see Mae West in "Belle of the 90s" . . .
• • Source: syndicated column by Walter Winchell rpt in Daily Illini; published on Thursday,  20 September 1934
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3405th 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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Mae West: Stiff, Reserved

MAE WEST wrote her life story and it was published fifty-seven years ago in 1959. Have theatre audiences changed since the Hollywood icon wrote this passage?
• • In her memoir, Mae West described her impression of the types of vaudeville audiences:
I usually found that one night a week you would get a top society crowd, and another night you'd get mostly working class people. Other nights there would be family groups — — especially on Friday nights when the kids didn't have to go to school the next day. Saturday nights everybody was out for a good time, so audiences were both mixed and terrific.
• • There was still another type of audience when the house had been sold out to social, charitable or fraternal organizations. These audiences were often rather stiff and reserved. Dressed up, on their best behavior, conscious of themselves and of the other members of their cult — — they were careful as to what they applauded or laughed at. This was the hardest kind of audience to play to.  . . .
• •  Source:  "Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It" by Mae West; published by Prentice Hall (1959).
• • On Friday, 23 March 1934 • •
• • French magazine Hebdo (No. 50), released on a Friday, 23 March 1934, flashed a beautiful Mae West cover. At the time, Jean Esters was the Editor-in-Chief and Hebdo was being published by Baudiniere, Paris. Hebdo means weekly (shortened from "hebdomadaire").
• • On Monday, 23 March 1964 • •
• • Critic Rick Du Brow, a Hollywood columnist, discussed the episode "Mae West Meets Mister Ed" (broadcast on Sunday, 22 March 1964) on page 4 of Cumberland Evening Times, on Monday, 23 March 1964. The headline was "Mae West Could Be Star of Own Situation Comedy." Du Brow was favorably impressed. Papers in the U.K. and the USA reviewed the TV episode also.
• • "Mae West Meets Mister Ed" is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of "Mister Ed," and the ninety-ninth episode overall. Director was Arthur Lubin. Airdate was on Sunday, 22 March 1964.
• • Guest Stars: Mae West (Herself), Nick Stewart (Charles), Mae West (Herself), Jacques Shelton (1st Groom), Roger Torrey (2nd Groom).
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Edwin C. Hill got so excited about her that he devoted almost his entire broadcast to Mae West after the other matinee.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Saving love doesn’t bring any interest.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •

• • A gossip column mentioned Mae West.
• • Edith Gwynne wrote:  Mae West, who got icy notices from the British critics for her "Diamond Lil" venture, is about to do a personal appearance tour in France.  . . .
• • Source:  syndicated column by Edith Gwynne rpt in St. Petersburg Times; published on Saturday, 27 December 1947
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3404th 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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Mae West: Kinseying

It's probable that MAE WEST counted on a fair share of press coverage for the springtime opening of her 1926 show "Sex" on Broadway.  And it did. Walter Winchell called it "a vulgar affair ... amateurish in script and cast."
• • A native New Yorker, Walter Winchell [7 April 1897 — 20 February 1972] was a newspaper as well as a radio commentator.
• • While Winchell was at The New York Evening Graphic (whose staff included reporter Ed Sullivan), he invented the gossip column.
• • But as Mae's popularity grew, Winchell's harsh tone grew less strident and more gentle. In this column written 22 years later, Winchell can no longer deny her some praise.
• • "Walter Winchell Agrees Mae West Can Still Get Big Audience" • •
• • The First Nights: . . . Some adventurous reviewers were lured across the Hudson [to New Jersey] to ogle Mae West recapturing the bad old days via the 20-year-old "Diamond Lil." Mae's kinseying was relished by the aisle boys. They agreed she can still put up a better front than Jane Russell but "what seemed ris-gay 2 decades ago is now no more sinful than an ice cream soda."
• • Reviewer Brooks Atkinson's mashnote: "Miss West puts on an amazing performance."

• • Source:  Winchell's syndicated column; published on Monday, 6 December 1948.
• • On Saturday, 22 March 1924 in The Lone Star State • •
• • An application for a marriage license was filed in Texas on Saturday, 22 March 1924 by R. A. "Bud" Burmeister, who intended to wed Mae West.
• • Then on tour through the southwest, the spunky vaudevillian was noticed by the reporters who reviewed for the San Antonio Light, where an article on her appeared in the paper the next day on Sunday, 23 March 1924.
• • On Saturday, 22 March 1930 in The N.Y. Times • •
• • On Saturday, 22 March 1930, the headline in The N.Y. Times read like this: MAE WEST COUNSEL ASSAILES CAPT. COY; Police Officer Admits Relying More on Sergeant's Notes Than Own in Testimony. SAYS TWO MADE 'SYNOPSIS' Too Dark in Theatre to Write Clearly, He Asserts — — Reveals He Acted 28 Years Ago.
• • Captain James J. Coy of Inspector Mulrooney's staff, who appeared Thursday in General Sessions, told Judge Amadeo Bertini and a jury why he had raided Mae West's play "Pleasure Man" in October 1928.
• • Broadcast on Sunday, 22 March 1964 • •
• • "Mae West Meets Mister Ed" is the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of "Mister Ed," and the ninety-ninth episode overall. Director was Arthur Lubin. Airdate was on Sunday, 22 March 1964.
• • Guest Stars: Mae West (Herself), Nick Stewart (Charles), Mae West (Herself), Jacques Shelton (1st Groom), Roger Torrey (2nd Groom).
• • On Sunday, 22 March 2009 • •
• • The paperback version of "She Always Knew How: Mae West — A Personal Biography" by Charlotte Chandler was released a year after the hardcover edition was out — — and the earlier edition was published on 22 March 2010. The soft cover version (317 pages) was printed by Applause.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street, Los Angeles.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:   “If you can't go straight, you've got to go around.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A journal mentioned Mae West.
• • We've never read David Premack's 3-page article: "Intentionality: How to tell Mae West from a crocodile" but please let us know if you have. (And, of course, we know you adored it!)
• • Source: Article in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3; published in the edition dated for September 1988
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3403rd 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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Mae West: Vista Chino

The Palm Springs headline read: "Busy Gal Is MAE WEST."
• • Mae West has two shows going nightly at the Chi Chi Starlite Room here. On Saturday, she’ll be even busier when she heads for Indian Avenue and Vista Chino and the 2 to 5 p in. groundbreaking ceremonies tor the new Riviera Hotel. Miss West is one of a galaxy of stars scheduled to be at the fete, which is open to the public.
• • Source: Item with photo in Desert Sun; published on Friday,  20 March 1959.
• • Timothy Dalton's Birthday • •
• • Mae West's co-star and screen husband in "Sextette," Timothy Dalton was born in March — — on Thursday, 21 March 1946. He is 70 today.  Happy Birthday!
• • On Saturday, 21 March 1936 • •
• • The trade publication Hollywood Reporter followed the back-biting between Will Hays and the film starring Mae West "Klondike Annie." They printed an article about this in their issue dated for Saturday, 21 March 1936.
• • On Sunday, 21 March 1982 • •
• • On Sunday, 21 March 1982, Miss West and her career were the subject of the annual testimonial dinner put on by the Friends of the Libraries at the USC campus in Los Angeles, wrote Jon Tuska in his book "The Complete Films of Mae West."
• • The event was organized by Stanley Musgrove, president of the group, and his co-author George Eells.
• • On Monday, 21 March 2005 • •
• • Talented Tom Tierney, who does the enjoyable series for Dover on celebrity paper dolls, released his beautiful work "Mae West Paper Doll" in paperback on Monday, 21 March 2005.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West's peignoir is in the permanent collection of the Frederick's of Hollywood Museum at 6608 Hollywood
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "No slapping, grabbing, or pinching for me — — when I see a man slapping or pinching a woman I'm disgusted. So unnecessary."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A London daily mentioned Mae West.

• • Chris Spargo wrote:  Ryan, 10, a boy from Muskogee, Oklahoma, with Baptist parents claims he has been reincarnated and was an actor and agent in a past life. He claimed he was Marty Martin, who was in the Mae West film 'Night After Night' and performed on Broadway, after seeing him in a movie still.  . . .
• • Chris Spargo  wrote:  Then, one day, Ryan had a breakthrough when he saw a still from the from the 1932 speakeasy movie "Night After Night" starring George Raft and featuring Mae West.  'That's me,' Ryan told his mother.  . . .
• • Source: Article by Chris Spargo for Daily Mail; published on  Saturday, 21 March 2015
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,400 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3402nd 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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Mae West: Very First

MAE WEST made an appearance on Mark Burger's Video Vault.
• • Mark Burger wrote: "When Bette Met Mae" (Indie Rights/ MVD Entertainment Group): Wes Wheadon's weird but interesting documentary (of sorts) is taken from a recording he made in 1973 of the very first meeting between Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Mae West, played in re-enactments by Karen Teliha and Victoria Mills, respectively. Nostalgia buffs will enjoy it more than mainstream documentary devotees, but it's certainly a different approach.
• • [Note: We did not include Mark's rating.]
• • Source:  Mark Burger's Video Vault; posted on Thursday, 10 March 2016.
• • On Wednesday, 18 March 1936 • •
• • Variety reviewed "Klondike Annie," calling the motion picture "chic" and starting the critique on the front page.  But the stern-faced man-on-the-aisle objected to several elements therein. "Miss West is handicapped by having to wear rather dowdy dresses in about half the footage. In other portions she struts fine feathers and wears a set of furs that will make the women gasp," he commented on page 17. Variety Magazine's issue was dated for Wednesday, 18 March 1936.
• • On Saturday, 18 March 1939 in Brooklyn • •
• • "Mae West Heads New Show at Fox Stage, Screen" • •
• • Herbert Corn wrote: Last night  was the original, the vivacious, glamorous and curvaceous Mae West, whose hip-swinging drew a standing line to the Fox Brooklyn Theatre at 9 A.M. yesterday to wait an hour and a half for the doors to open. It was the Mae West of "come up see me sometime" days that they came here to applaud. It was the legendary Mae West, who cautions you gals that "it ain't the men in your life that count — — it's the life in your men." Catherine the Great was nowhere in sight. She wasn't even mentioned.  No one even thought of her.
• • Herbert Corn continued:  The original Mae West, with six chorus boys as her foils and Milton Watson to assist her In a romantic skit, clicked at the Fox. What she does is even older. But Flatbush Avenue, both downtown and uptown, were there to greet her. The crowds at the Brooklyn Fox reflected not only their fascination with La West but also how she says it and the way she does it, ...
• • Source: Article in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle; published on Saturday, 18 March 1939.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Circus Time at The Chi Chi was Sunday night when almost everybody in show business dropped in at the club's Starlite Room to watch Mae West go into her new act.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "Nudity is art not sex."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A London paper mentioned Mae West.

• • Illtyd Harrington wrote: Mae West, the high priestess of the subject, wrote a play a long time ago called Sex. The city fathers were outraged, banned it, and threw Miss West into the nearest jailhouse.
• • Illtyd Harrington wrote:  The writer, philosopher and politician Arthur Koestler kept a diary listing 200 to 300 women whom he had taken to bed. At one time he was conducting five contemporaneous affairs — — only three were within matrimony.  But unlike Miss West he went to jail and was sentenced to death for his political activities. Koestler was a sado­masochist in his sexual life.  . . .
• • Source:  Article for islingtontribune.com; published on Thursday, 18 March 2010 
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th 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 3,300 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3401st 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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