“MAE WEST stood a mere 4 feet, 6 inches tall — — a shocking revelation to those who do not know everything Mae West,” states this article in Film Fracture. Let us focus on the movie queen's work in her rags to riches circus script and Mae's fascinating Deco-licious costumes designed by Travis Banton.
• • Keep in mind this quote by Mae West: “Nudity in a motion picture detracts from your face and personality. That’s why I never show my ankles.” This is Part 10 of 11 parts.
• • TCM Classic Film Festival: The Legendary Costume Design of Travis Banton, with Mae West in I’m No Angel • •
• • Mae West: Costume Designer for Paramount Pictures, Travis Banton • •
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: Travis Banton was a costume designer, and while everyone loves to watch screen sirens waltz into frame wearing a decadent ensemble little notice is given to the person who designed the costume said star is wearing and how it reflects the character.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: The TCM Classic Film Festival took the initiative to recognize Travis Banton’s work in a section this year–aptly titled “The Legendary Costumes of Travis Banton.”
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: His creations are legendary, and his legacy unforgettable for screen sirens such as Mae West, Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich, just to name a few.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: Here's how Travis Banton made his way to Hollywood.
• • Mae West was memorably costumed by Travis Banton • • ...
• • This fashion article will be concluded on the next post.
• • Source: Film Fracture; published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012.
• • On Friday, 14 June 1991 in T.L.S. • •
• • An article "The invention of Mae West" written by Graham McCann was published in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4602, issue dated for 14 June 1991.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West The type of humor you think of as typical of Mae West comes from her most spontaneously when she is in the mood of her screen roles. "I have to get in the mood," she told me once when I asked her to "gag" an interview. She saves for her "public" life all the fire and passion that other stars burn up in their personal romances.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "She who laughs lasts."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article commented on two biographies of Mae West.
• • Book Review: "Way of the West" • •
• • Robert Julian writes: It remains to be seen if the world will seek out yet another Mae West biography, especially after Emily Wortis Leider's definitive "Becoming Mae West" [NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997 hardcover; Da Capo Press, 2000 paperback].
• • Robert Julian writes: Emily Leider's work favored social anthropology and intellectual analysis over anecdotal recollection. But author Charlotte Chandler's "She Always Knew How" relies almost exclusively on anecdotes, supplemented by material from an interview Chandler had with Mae West back in 1980. ...
• • Source: The Bay Area Reporter; published on Thursday, 4 June 2009
• • 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 4,700 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,755th 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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