“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 8 of 11 parts.
• • TCM Classic Film Festival: The Legendary Costume Design of Travis Banton, with Mae West in I’m No Angel • •
• • Mae West: Dressed by Travis Banton • •
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: There is one unforgettable outfit West wears, marking her rise to stardom in the new act as a lioness.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: Riding out on an elephant to great the circus crowd, she is in a white ensemble of skin tight bell-bottom like pants and a tunic dress that stops just below her buttocks.
• • Kathryn Schroeder wrote: The skin-tight pants reveal her curvy legs, while the top shines and sparkles under the lights of the circus.
• • Mae West: A vision in white • • ...
• • This article continues on the next post.
• • Source: Film Fracture; published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012.
• • On Saturday, 10 June 1911 • •
• • The New York Clipper wrote: At the Columbia Theatre last week, this company opened its first New York engagement.
• • "A Florida Enchantment" is the two act comedy, dealing with the flirtation of Meyerwurst, a woman hater, with a little French adventuress, a partner of a young con man. ...
• • Frank Wallace played Young Goldberg. Mae West was an enticing enchantress, with a slight French accent.
• • Mae West and Fred Wallace sang several coon [sic] songs. ...
• • Source: Review in The New York Clipper; published on Saturday, 10 June 1911.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West, no doubt, has the sex personality, parcels of valuable land, a unique career, and the adulation of film-goers both young and old. She also seems to have the stamina and desire now to begin a second movie career. Mae West is still, as Will Rogers once defined her, "The most interesting woman in Hollywood."
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'll never tell anyone else how to live. These happen to be my own rules, but they might not apply to someone else. If anyone tried them out and they didn't work happily, I'd feel responsible."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An interview with Will Rogers in 1935 mentioned Mae West.
• • Will Rogers Does His Bit for Children • •
• • Pays His Own Expenses and Adds $250 as Gift to Hospital • •
• • He’s Never Seen Mae! • •
• • “Well, here's a good one,” Will Rogers chuckled. “All these years I’ve been in Hollywood and I ain’t never seen Greta Garbo. But that isn’t so bad. It’s the fact that I haven’t seen Mae West yet; that’s what breaks my heart.” . . .
• • Note: Will Rogers, age 55, died on Thursday, 15 August 1935 in a plane crash in Alaska.
• • Source: Indianapolis Times; published on Saturday, 19 January 1935
• • 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 4,753rd 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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