During her days in vaudeville, MAE WEST wanted to be "in the legit" — — on The Gay White Way — — and Jesse Lasky gave her an opportunity.
• • In 1911, Jesse Lasky opened the "Folies-Bergere," a plush theatre restaurant on West 46th Street and he cast a pretty 18-year-old Mae to appear in the cabaret with a comedy duo, Cook and Lorenz. The extravaganza was produced by Ned Wayburn, Mae's dancing teacher and was called "A La Broadway."
• • Jesse Lasky [13 September 1880 ― 13 January 1958] made his way out to the West Coast and was still giving a first chance to female hopefuls.
• • “They Say in New York” by Karen Hollis • •
• • Karen Hollis wrote: Jesse Lasky already has Alice Moats, who wrote "No Nice Girl Swears."
• • Karen Hollis wrote: A little group of New York Junior Leaguers, discussing their debutante friends and their possibilities, weren't too enthusiastic. To hear them tell it, there is hardly a girl among them who doesn't try to ape the looks and mannerisms of her favorite star of the moment.
• • A pallid replica of Mae West • •
• • Karen Hollis wrote: But they are just pallid replicas of Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, and Kay Francis, according to their friends.
• • Karen Hollis wrote: In the midst of the discussion, up cropped an incident that has long been gloated over in New York's social circles.
• • Karen Hollis wrote: It happened before Mae West became the rage that she now is, back in the days when she was being arrested regularly for putting on shows that somebody or other considered indecent.
• • Karen Hollis wrote: A society reporter remarked that a certain young woman of one of our first families grew to resemble Miss West more every day. Next day the telephone wires to the newspaper office burned. The mother, the uncle, the family lawyer, and finally the girl herself, called to protest indignantly.
• • Karen Hollis wrote: The reporter admitted her blunder, professed to be broken-hearted, said that she would never make such an invidious comparison again, and then added slyly, "Because everyone expects Mae West to sue me for libel."
• • Source: Picture Play; published in the issue dated for February 1934.
• • On Tuesday, 10 January 1950 • •
• • The letter was dated for Tuesday, 10 January 1950 and Mae West had a pen in her hand, ready to make it official. Mae was signing a typed letter (one page long) employing the William Morris Agency as her sole and exclusive agent for a period of three years. The contract would go into effect on 18 February 1950.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • "Part of her appeal is she's funny,'' said Emily Wortis Leider, Mae’s latest biographer. Leider's new book, ‘Becoming Mae West’ (Farrar Straus Giroux), chronicles the formative and little-known years of the actress' early life.
• • "I think she appeals to feminists, although I don't think she was a feminist by any standard and didn't like other women,'' Emily Wortis Leider added. "She's so powerful on the screen, always the focal point and always bigger than anyone else.'' ...
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I am a showman. I know that the public wants sex in their entertainment and I give it to them."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Michigan newspaper mentioned Mae West.
• • “Mae West Coming to Shubert Detroit” • •
• • Mae West in "Sex" is listed for the Shubert Theatre in Detroit beginning on Christmas night, Dec. 25, and continuing through Jan. 3.
• • Barry O'Neill is Mae's leading man, as he was previously with Jeanne Engels and Francine Larrimore. …
• • Source: The Detroit Jewish Chronicle; published on Friday, 19 December 1930
• • 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 17th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,800 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,905th 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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