Mae West: Duly Accepted

On Wednesday, 17 September 1947, MAE WEST arrived in Southampton on Queen Mary. This is Part 4 of 6.
• • Screen siren Mae West stopped  traffic on 1947 Glasgow visit • •
• • Mae West: Opened the British Philatelic Exhibition • •
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: The star was asked and duly accepted the invitation to open the exhibition.
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: Happy to vamp it up as a dizzy [sic] blonde on screen, Ms West was in fact a shrewd businesswoman who wrote [sic] successful plays and films.
• • Ann Fotheringham wrote: Born in 1892 [sic] in Queens [sic], New York, she began her career as a child star in vaudeville. [Editor: So many basic biographical errors in a biographical article is quite astounding. Let's insert a big sigh here.]
• • Editor: Mae West was born on 17 August 1893 in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, NY.  By the time the West family moved to Queens, Mae had already appeared on Broadway.
• • Mae West: Conquering Hollywood • • . . .
• • This 6-part article will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Glasgow Times, 200 Renfield St., Glasgow, Scotland; published on Wednesday, 15 April 2020.
• • On Monday, 16 September 1928 • •
• • Mae West's play "Pleasure Man" opened on a Monday evening on 16 September 1928 at the Bronx Opera House in New York City.

• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The film crew had called it a wrap for "I'm No Angel" in early September.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “Charlie Chaplin, by the way, has sex appeal. That may seem far-fetched but think it over. He has it, which Is one of the secrets of how he remains in favor.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • Praise for Mae West: “A rattling good picture, from start to finish a real piece of entertainment. It gives us the Mae West that audiences want. A production on a lavish scale." — National Box-Office Digest   ...
• • Source: quoted in The Film Daily; published on Thursday, 6 January 1938
• • 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 16th 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 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,562nd 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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