Mae West: Mischievous Child

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 19 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: A Bushwick kid who got into mischief often • •    
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She was one of those children whom all the neighborhood knows — you know the sort — a forceful little mite, getting into every kind of mischief (instituting most of it), determined to see it through — the sort that all the other children look to for leadership and a jolly good time of it, and the kind grown-ups watch and frown upon.

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She became used to the public eye at an early age because she took part in neighborhood theatricals.  
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She was a child actress at the age of five, and strange as it may seem in the light of subsequent events, one of her most popular roles was that of the angelic child of all times, the studiously polite and decorous little being of the velvet suit and lace collar, known to the world as "Little Lord Fauntleroy."
• • Mae West: How she acquired that insinuating strut • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Saturday, 10 June 1911 • •
• • On Saturday, 10 June 1911, it was clear that Mae West had impressed the New York critics when she appeared in "A Florida Enchantment," a two act comedy staged at Columbia Theatre. The Columbia Amusement Company was an Eastern burlesque wheel run by Henry Jacobs and John Jermon. This regional tour of “A Florida Enchantment” lasted a few months and, yes, it was onstage in Milwaukee in April 1911.
• • Under the headline "The Eastern Wheel Openings" was a lengthy review of a production by The Big Gaiety Company (Eastern).
• • “Mae West was an enticing enchantress, with a slight French accent,” they wrote.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Born in Wichita, Kansas, Black actress Hattie McDaniel was billed in the credits of Mae West starrer “I’m No Angel” (1933) as Tira's Maid — Manicurist. She has a June birthdate — — Friday, 10 June 1892.
• • After a remarkable career, Ms. McDaniel died on Sunday, 26 October 1952 in Woodland Hills, California. She was 60 years of age when she died of breast cancer.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • To Henry Hathaway in 1936 Mae West said: "I don't need the dog's ass wiggling to get a laugh in my picture. I get my own laughs."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Hartford Courant mentioned Mae West.
• • You can give your book a Mae-West-title but will it find favor with critics ― ― or the public?  
• • Book critic M.A. Turner did not think much of "Come Up and See Me Sometime," describing it as "A Flat Addition to the Tedious Single-girl Subgenre."
• • "Come Up and See Me Sometime," published by Scribner, was written by Erika Krouse (202 pages). Poor Erika. …
• • Source: The Hartford Courant; published on Sunday, 10 June 2001
• • 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 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seventeen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,013th 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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