Mae West: Great Humorist

While you’re sleeping, college professors in Hungary are thinking about MAE WEST. Here’s a long, striking research paper you might have missed. This is Part 2.
• • "Mae West. The Dirty Snow White" • •
• • Written by:  Zsófia Anna Tóth
• • Mae never shied away from getting dirty • •
• • Zsófia Anna Tóth wrote: According to many of her critics, she could not sing or dance or act well; moreover, she was not even especially beautiful or photogenic.  Yet, she was able to make her audiences believe she was the best in doing all these things. Her overwhelmingly amazing personality and star persona as well as her entertaining skills and humor made those who heard or saw her believe anything she wanted them to believe. She was a prime entertainer and a great humorist — — and this is where her greatness lies.
• • Zsófia Anna Tóth wrote: This is the root of another contradictory aspect of West’s art involving her star persona: while she is generally considered to be a very feminine woman, a sex goddess with an ample appetite for men, she is also considered to be a ‘bad woman’ and a prostitute although her intellectual abilities combined with her heightened sense of humor makes her seem ‘masculinized’ and this questions her other feminine allures and, thus, her sex appeal also.
• • Mae’s use of humor: is it “masculinized”? • • . . .
• • This was Part 2 of a lengthy article. Part 3 will follow tomorrow.
• • Source: Americana — — E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary; Vol. XI, No. 1, Spring 2015.
• • On Monday, 6 February 1928 • •
• • Mae West mailed her manuscript for "Diamond Lil" to the Library of Congress from the Harding Hotel, West 54th Street, New York, NY. The date of her Washington, DC copyright registration is Monday, 6 February 1928. The play opened on Broadway in April 1928.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West said that she fractured her left ankle and suffered lacerations and abrasions in tripping over a floor mat.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said:  "A man in the house is worth two in the street."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Indy Star mentioned Mae West.
• • Weird lives of Hoosier muscle men • •

• • Mickey Hargitay (1926-2006) This Hungarian-born body builder parlayed his muscled physique into Hollywood stardom, appearing in films . . .  none of them super well-received.
• • It was in Indianapolis where Hargitay, as a young man in 1947, began lifting weights. He worked hard at it. His biceps got so they were 18 inches around. He won the Mr. Universe title in 1955, a feat that brought him to the attention of aging Hollywood sex symbol Mae West.
• • Hargitay joined Mae West's night club act. His costume was a loin cloth. . . . 
• • Photo: Mickey Hargitay is on the right.
• • Source: Item in the Indy Star; published on Tuesday, 30 January 2018

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 13th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past thirteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,800 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started thirteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3891st 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Pain of Jayne

When MAE WEST heard the news about a new inflatable, was she deflated? Let's hear more.
• • "Mae West to Be Replaced by Jayne Mansfield" • •

• • Hollywood [U.P.I.] — — Mae West had an Icy “no comment” today to reports that the Mae West life jacket Is being replaced by a new streamlined model, the Jayne Mansfield.
• • Officers at Shaw AFB. S. C., reported Friday that experts have been tinkering with the new vest to replace the Mae West of World War II fame which has saved the lives of pilots down at sea.
• • Pilots immediately dubbed the new life vest, the Jayne Mansfield, "a pretty good replacement for Mae and up-to-date.”
• • The new jacket has the advantage of being inflated prior to wriggling out of the parachute harness. In contrast, the old style "Mae West" made it necessary for a pilot down at sea to shed his parachute before inflating the jacket.
• • Jayne Mansfield and the muscleman Mickey Hargitay are married.  Mickey once was one of Mae's nightclub entertainers.
• • Source: Syndicated article rpt in The Desert Sun; published on Monday, 5 October 1959.
• • On Saturday, 5 October 1918 • •
• • Mae West received top billing in the review of "Sometime" by The New York Times, which was first published on Saturday, 5 October 1918.
• • On Friday, 5 October 1928 in Cornell Daily Sun • •
• • "Mae West Show Closed by Police; 57 Indicted" • •
• • New York, October 4 — The 56 members of the cast of "Pleasure Man" and Mae West its author, were indicted today by the Grand Jury ... under the penal code relating to indecent theatrical productions and will be arraigned in general sessions tomorrow.
• • The accused were taken to the West Side court after the indictments had been handed down but the hearing was adjourned at the request of District Attorney Joab Banton.
• • Source: Article in Cornell Daily Sun; published on Friday, 5 October 1928.
• • On Friday, 5 October 1934 in Catskill Mountain News • •
• • On Friday, 5 October 1934 "Belle of the Nineties" starring Mae West" was onscreen (on that date only) in the Galli-Curci Theatre, named for the great Italian opera soprano.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • A couple of months ago, Mae West sauntered into Arthur Knight's film class at USC, put her hand on her hip, took her time looking around the room, and finally said: "Hello, boys." 
• • It was a co-ed class.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Of course, I had to have experiences to understand life.  I had to know all about life to give people what they wanted on the stage."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper in Ithaca, NY mentioned Mae West.
• • "Police Stop Matinee of Mae West's New Play" • •
• • New York, NY — AP — A matinee performance of Mae West's play "Pleasure Man" was halted during the first scene of the third act this afternoon by Police Lieutenant James Coy who walked on the stage and told the audience that he was placing the cast under arrest. Miss West and her actors had also been arrested after Monday night's opening of the play, charged with staging an indecent performance.  ...
• • Source: The Cornell Daily Sun; published on Thursday, 4 October 1928
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 11th anniversary • •    
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eleven years. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 3,200 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • • 
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3281st 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.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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