• • Mae West’s Drama of New York in the Gay Nineties — — in Extremely High Heels • •
• • By George Lait. Written for Central Press. New York — — Mae West first came to the notice of the public generally through her plays in New York — — plays that the police decided were too frank. Of these plays, which brought Mae a goodly fortune, she says: "I became convinced that the public was ready to view sex frankly. I had been thinking over the play plots in which I pictured myself in a role of a very wicked lady, a laughing good-natured queen of sin. And Jim Timony liked the idea too, so I wrote ‘Sex.’ . . . .
• • George Lait wrote: For the characterization of the wicked belle of the Bowery, Mae had to take on weight and build up her height.
• • Mae West made herself taller by wearing extremely high heels • • . . .
• • This excerpt written by George Lait will be concluded on the next post with Part 2 of 2.
• • Source: Syndicated content written for Central Press rpt in Winona Republican Herald (Winona, Minnesota); published on Tuesday, 12 December 1933.
• • On Saturday, 19 May 1945 in Oakland, California • •
• • Starring Mae West, the play "Ring Only Twice" was staged in California in Oakland's Auditorium Theatre. There were two weekend performances on May 19th and 20th, 1945.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A Hollywood columnist reported today [19 May 1951] that Mae West is writing another stage show for herself — — a musical comedy.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said this to journalist George Lait: “Although ‘Sex’ was the first full-length play I had ever written, it I was not much of a job for me. I had written a number of vaudeville sketches. I knew the theater. I knew what audiences wanted.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A fan magazine mentioned Mae West.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Herb Howe wrote: As a member of the stock company, when there were no child parts in the plays, Mae West was called upon to take part in what are known in old-fashioned plays as "olios," or vaudeville acts in between the scenes of the plays.
• • Herb Howe wrote: She sang popular songs and gave her imitations, being what was known on the billboards as a "coon shouter." It was at this stage of the game, she avers, that she learned to roll her eyes, a propensity, however, that had to be curbed when she became, for the sake of drama, "Little Eva" or "Little Red Riding Hood." …
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934
• • 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 4,400 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,477th 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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