“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 2 of 11 parts.
• • TCM Classic Film Festival: The Legendary Costume Design of Travis Banton, with Mae West in I’m No Angel • •
• • Mae West: Her height was merely 4-foot-6 • •
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: "I’m No Angel" was released just as the Production Code was being enforced so it just missed the strict censorship guidelines that would have put a damper on the sexy wardrobe Mae wears as the sideshow kooch dancer and, later, as the fearless lion tamer Tira.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: The first film Mae West and Travis Banton worked together on, "I’m No Angel" would not be their last at Paramount Pictures.
• • Mae West: Her real height is a shocking revelation • • ...
• • This article (written by Kathryn Schroeder) continues on the next post tomorrow.
• • Source: Film Fracture; published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012.
• • On Friday, 2 June 1916 in Variety • •
• • On 2 June 1916, Variety printed a list of names who had volunteered to go to jail — — as guests of the Mutual Welfare League — — to entertain the inmates of Sing-Sing on Decoration Day. Mae West, age 22, was in that number.
• • Sources have said this is the occasion when she met Owney Madden.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • The people who made "Klondike Annie" told Mae West that she would have to go to Alaska to obtain authentic data for the story and steep herself in the right kind of atmosphere. Miss West said that she was afraid of the sea [sic] and would not under any condition put her foot on the deck of a steamer. Actresses can do that kind of thing in Hollywood.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm a woman who takes her time about anything, and this time problem wouldn't hold me back if and when the right man comes along."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article on NYC variety acts mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West — Proctor's Twenty-third Street.
• • Mae West bills herself as "The Different Type of Songstress."
• • Clad as a "chappy" in a walking suit, Mae West sings a song about being "The Wisest Guy of All," and for a finish does a dance with a "prop" dummy. Should the average "cooch" dancer try to present such an offering, she might be interfered with by the police. ...
• • Source: The New York Clipper; published on Wednesday, 25 April 1917
• • 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 4,747th 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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