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MAE WEST needed reading glasses and did her best to hide that fact from her fans. It was frowned upon, at that time in Tinseltown, for an actress to don a pair of eyeglasses in public. Here is just one of the occasions when she used a lorgnette to read in public in 1934.
• • Motion Picture wrote: At a banquet held in honor of Emanuel Cohen, Paramount executive, Mae West surprised all those present by drawing a lorgnette from her purse and using it to read her speech. Leave it to Mae to do something startling every time.
• • Motion Picture added: The picture on page 36 [of Motion Picture], taken at the dinner, shows Emanuel Cohen, Mae West, and Gary Cooper and they seem to be enjoying a good laugh. Perhaps it is over the intriguing lorgnette episode. Or Mae may have put over a new witticism.
• • Source: Item from Motion Picture; issue published in December 1934.
• • On Monday, 27 June 1949 • •
• • Richard Coogan was still appearing on Broadway in the role of Captain Cummings opposite Mae West in "Diamond Lil" when he auditioned for a TV series. Coogan was cast as Captain Video on the DuMont Television Network on Monday, 27 June 1949.
• • On Sunday, 27 June 1954 • •
• • On Sunday night, 27 June 1954, Mae West delighted the Las Vegas club goers — — and the female patrons stormed the stage — — when the bodybuilders in "The Mae West Revue" filed into the Sahara's Congo Room.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West replied, examining the script through a bejeweled lorgnette. She referred the attorney to Larry Lee, her secretary since the late 1920s, for an explanation.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I have had to do my share of outsmarting men through necessity."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • Photoplay Magazine Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Cal York wrote: After this, anything's likely to happen. You don't have to imagine Mae West with a lorgnette — you can see her with one.
• • Cal York added: Hollywood got its first glimpse of the haughty article at Emanuel Cohen's recent testimonial dinner — when Mae impressively eyed the assembled guests through it. She says she always has carried one — but maybe she was bashful before. Hollywood, slowly recovering, expects a monocle any day now. . . .
• • Source: Item in Cal York's column "Gossip" for Photoplay; published in January 1935
• • 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 eleven years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3473rd
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 1934 • •
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Meet the real Mae West: New Yorker, vaudevillian, upstart, and jailbird
The Annual Mae West Event Revisits the Brooklyn Bombshell’s Struggles and Trial That Made Her Famous
• • New York, NY, July 1, 2016 — Born in Brooklyn, NY on August 17, 1893, MAE WEST began performing at age 6. By 1925, the 32-year-old knew her career had capsized; she was cast only in minor roles, she had numerous negative reviews, and she’d been fired. A trip to Greenwich Village and an appearance at Jefferson Market Court (now Jefferson Market Library) — — along with an overnight stay at Jefferson Jail — — changed her life, making the controversial vaudevillian an overnight sensation.
• • Vintage NYC images punctuate this fascinating but little-known story about the legendary entertainer, some of which played out at 425 Sixth Avenue when it was the Third Judicial Courthouse.
• • Join us at 6:00 on Wednesday evening, August 17, 2016 to celebrate Mae’s birthday with a talk and slide-show by Greenwich Village historian LindaAnn Loschiavo featuring rare photos of the young variety artist, who toured as a “specialty dancer” before becoming a writer and going to Hollywood in 1932 for a small role in Paramount's “Night After Night.” Archival images of NYC vaudeville theatres, Greenwich Village, and Jefferson Market will be screened as you’ll be introduced to the company Mae kept such as Owney Madden, George Raft, Jack Dempsey, West 8th Street resident Texas Guinan, etc.
• • About our speaker: Greenwich Villager LindaAnn Loschiavo, a historian and dramatist, drew inspiration from trials at Jefferson Market Court for her play “Courting Mae West.” Her latest projects are a documentary film, “In the Footsteps of Texas Guinan,” and a new biography on the queen of the night clubs, who lived at 72 Washington Square South and 17 West 8th Street until her death in 1933.
• • Come up and see Mae on her birthday for a festive occasion filled with fun, refreshments, prizes.
— — — — Who, What, When, Where — — — —
• • What: Meet the real Mae West: New Yorker, vaudevillian, upstart, jailbird
• • When: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 — — from 6:00—8:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
• • Where: Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (at West 10th St.)
• • Fee: FREE — — but reservations are suggested
• • Phone: 212- 243-4334
• • Who: Our speaker is LindaAnn Loschiavo, dramatist, historian, Greenwich Villager
• • Subway: IND line to West Fourth Street; PATH train to West 9th Street
• • Extra: refreshments and a Mae West raffle
• • Website for all things Mae West: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com
• • Mae West said: "I enjoyed the court room as any other stage."
• • Mae West (to jail matron): "Whaddya mean strip? I thought this was a respectable place!"
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• • 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 eleven years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3472nd
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 court, 1927 • •
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On Monday, 29 June 1970, MAE WEST got a headline in Earl Wilson's syndicated column. This is Part 2 of 2 installments.
• • "Mae West Makes a Comeback" • •
• • Earl Wilson wrote: Which explained how she can go sleepless through Welcome-Home mobs like this while grown men scream, "I touched her. I touched Mae West! I touched her!"
• • Earl Wilson wrote: It was the last of the red hot premieres. A dozen of us waited — — no smoking in her suite, she doesn't smoke — — then Mae: "Oh, am I taped up In this dress! Better put the air conditioning on!" There was a terribly dangerous push and rush to the car. Somebody saying, "Mae, they're running up the street after you!"
• • Earl Wilson wrote: Like a champ, Mae stood up at the theater entrance and waved and took it, never running like some of the kids do now. And she heard the Bravos again at Producer Robert Fryer's party at Iperbole. "I was way ahead of the times with nudity and sex," she said. "They're just comin' up to me now."
• • Earl Wilson wrote: Mao's escorts must have fun. Mae was nice enough to say I looked good but one kid screamed at me. He said, "Oil, yuh look bettuh in the papuh!" And then Mae, remembering meeting my wife, was very cautious and said in a low voice, "It is the same wife, isn't it?"
• • This was Part 2 (the conclusion). Part 1 was posted yesterday.
• • Source: Item in Earl Wilson's syndicated column; published on Monday, 29 June 1970.
• • On Sunday, 24 June 1928 • •
• • The Brooklyn Eagle, Mae's hometown paper, sent reporter George Halasz to interview the star about her new Broadway play "Diamond Lil." In the newspaper's weekend edition dated for Sunday, 24 June 1928, George Halasz wrote: "When the play is put in rehearsal she has but a bare outline of the plot and dialogue. As the rehearsals progress, she throws in a line here, a speech there. ..."
• • This is, of course, nonsense. Mae's plays had a large cast and she was present at the auditions. For instance, "Diamond Lil" had almost three dozen in the cast. Mae knew how many actors she would need, and what roles they would play, well before hiring an adequate rehearsal space. A lot of dramatists refine and revise during rehearsal, sometimes to suit an actor, but a theatre professional like Mae West did not walk into a rehearsal attended by more than 30 actors with only scraps of dialogue written on napkins. No way.
• • On Thursday, 24 June 1937 • •
• • The Times (San Mateo, California) printed this syndicate article on Thursday, 24 June 1937.
• • "Mae West Must Answer Suit" • •
• • Los Angeles, June 24 [U.P.] — — Mae West, the film siren, must answer the suit of Frank Wallace, who contends he is her husband. . . .
• • On Wednesday, 24 June 1970 • •
• • "Myra Breckinridge" at the Criterion Theatre (1514 Broadway) on Tuesday, 23 June 1970. The general release was on June 24th.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Everyone in filmland, it seems, either loves or hates Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Everything I do and say is based on rhythm."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A film magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • "The Human Side of Hollywood" • •
• • Jerry Hoffman wrote: When the hue and cry over censorship arose, Mae West seemed to be the personal worry of most fans and Hollywood as well. Their fears were needless.
• • Mae wasn't and isn't worried.
• • She doesn't care if she quits to-day. Every dime (and there are millions of 'em) she has made on the stage and in pictures is carefully invested in government bonds and diamonds. Her principal right now is sufficient to guarantee her an income of several hundreds each week for the rest of her life. And for a long life.
• • Source: Item from Motion Picture; this issue was published in January 1935
• • 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 eleven years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3471st
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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