Saturday, December 24, 2005

Mae West: You've Got Male

The year was 1916. Matilda West urged her daughters to put together a sister act.
"Mae West and Sister" appeared at Keith and Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre [27-31 West 28th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Broadway]. On the same bill was a Fatty Arbuckle film, a Keystone comedy.
• • Mae and Beverly's vaudeville turn included popular Black songs that Mae had previously found success with: "They Call It Dixieland" and "Walkin' the Dog," their finale, for which Mae appeared in a man's tuxedo and top hat and Beverly wore feminine frills.
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• • Photo: 1916 Mae West (born 1893 in Brooklyn, NY)

Mae West.

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