MAE WEST had many admirers: some who enjoyed her and others who understood her. John Seal, who recommends “Sextette,” explains how to appreciate this campy comedy. This is part 9 of 9.
• • Making a case for “Sextette” • •
• • John Seal wrote: A strangely effective version of The Beatles’ “Honey Pie” by Dom Deluise is actually the best tune on offer, even though it calls to mind another 1978 movie musical, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts’ Club Band.”
• • John Seal wrote: "Sextette" was previously available on DVD via Rhino Home Video.
• • John Seal wrote: And though it’s long been out of print, you can easily find copies on Ebay. The disc was, however, a bare bones edition, containing a full-frame print ported in from videotape with no extras.
• • John Seal wrote: That’d truly be something worth singing about.
• • Note: John Seal writes a weekly film recommendation column at Box Office Prophets, as well as a column in The Phantom of the Movies’ Videoscope, a quarterly print magazine.
• • John Seal's fascinating 9-part analysis of ”Sextette” has now been concluded.
• • Source: Berkeleyside; published on Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
• • On Monday, 29 January 1917 in Brooklyn • •
• • Mae West was a witness at her younger sister's wedding, which took place on a weekday, Monday, 29 January 1917 in Brooklyn City Hall, not far from the West family's Brooklyn residence.
• • January 1971 in Playboy Magazine • •
• • An interview with Mae West was featured in Playboy, Vol. 18, No. 1 — January 1971. Naturally, the Hollywood legend was invited to tell all about the men on her mattress. She did volunteer that the fellows who drink make the worst lovers.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Directly under a striking color portrait of Mae West on the cover of the January 1934 issue of Screenland, the Smart Screen Magazine, the editors promised that you would find "Mae West's Personal Message to You!" on page 24.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "You learn to get along in life by studying life."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The New York Clipper mentioned Mae West.
• • "Benefit a Success" • •
• • The benefit given in aid of the sufferers of the Equitable fire, on the New York Theatre Roof, on January 18, was a big success, and the size of the crowd was a tribute to the cause of the management. Pat Casey and William Fox were the inceptors of the affair, and John Zanft and Harry Reichenbach shelled out the pasteboards.
• • Among those who volunteered were: Mae West and Company, Claude Golden, the card king; Carrie LilIe, Fields and Lewis, De Almo and Mae, Andy Rice, Evelyn Bennett, Dorothy Russell and Company, ln Ambition; King and Mackay, Adele Ritchie, Weston, Fields and Carroll, Great Lester, and Billy Hall, a real fireman. ...
• • Source: The New York Clipper; published on Saturday, 27 January 1912
• • 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 4,600 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,659th 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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