• • British freelancer Dr. Sabina Stent, whose area of study included “Women artists, Surrealism, and unconventional females,” penned a fascinating essay on Mae’s customized double-decker footwear. This is Part 6 of 27 parts.
• • “Get the Idea, Boys? Mae West’s Shoes” • •
• • Mae West was barely five feet tall • •
• • Sabina Stent wrote: I first learned the secrets of West’s walk on a televised biography where clips of Hollywood actors’ beloved movies interspersed with insights from film scholars and critics. It was on one of these shows where I first heard about Mae West’s height, documented to be around five feet, but varying slightly depending on the source. In certain circles, it remains a lesser-known fact about the star, primarily due to the combination of West’s vivaciousness and the enchantment of costuming; long gowns designed to conceal all but her toes.
• • Fascination with Mae West’s footwear • • . . .
• • This long essay by Sabina Stent will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Majuscule, Issue 2; posted in December 2019.
• • On Thursday, 26 December 1946 • •
• • "When She Whips 'em Off" • •
• • On Thursday, 26 December 1946, the Milwaukee Sentinel wrote: "It cannot be said that 'Come On Up' is not on the corny side, but it is cheerful, crude, well-plowed corn, grown that way on purpose. Many women in the audience giggled delightedly ... Miss West's wisecracks are good in spots and almost always seem to be funny when she whips them off."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • After he served in Korea, Joe Gold heard about a casting call for a Las Vegas revue starring Mae West. When Joe Gold and a few of his fellow bodybuilders visited Mae West's apartment, she looked them over and said, ''I'll take all of you.''
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: ''I like movies about strong women. I was the first liberated woman, y'know. No guy was gonna get the best of me.''
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A British daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West turns up in the strangest places. Karen Nugent, of the Telegram and Gazette Staff in London, used this anecdote in her profile of a colorful New England artist and gallerist.
• • Tom Stanford, who assembled a storehouse of paper memorabilia by attending auctions, painting old houses, visiting yard sales, and stumbling upon archival goodies, once found a photo of Mae West autographed to Anne Bancroft in a New York City trash container. Stanford, owner of Ladybird's Gallery in Lancaster, Massachusetts, put it up for sale in his gallery. Asking Price: $500. …
• • Source: The Telegram and Gazette [U.K.]; published on Sunday, 25 December 2011
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 15th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,300 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,375th 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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