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MAE WEST, staying at the Ritz Hotel in Philadelphia during the 1940s, made an indelible impression on a local taxi driver. Let's enjoy this front page story all over again.
• • Louis Antosh wrote: Cab driver Vincent Scullin has been called into the city of Philadelphia on several occasions. On one of these, a man stopped him outside the old Ritz Hotel back in the 1940s and asked to use his cab. "But I'll ask you please not to smoke while Miss West is in the cab," said the man.
• • Louis Antosh continued: Vincent turned his head to the right and recalled his thoughts back then. Could it be Mae West? But she always carries those long cigarette holders in the movies (and she smokes onscreen). Then the hotel door opens and out walks Mae West! And brother, let me tell you she looked like a million bucks. White fur coat and dark glasses. Just between you and me and the gatepost. Whoo whoo! ...
• • Source: Article (on page 1): "A Cab Driver's View of People" written by Louis Antosh for Delaware County Daily Times; published on Saturday, 13 May 1967.
• • On Sunday, 13 May 1956 • •
• • Blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield encountered the very handsome Mr. Universe 1956 Miklos (Mickey) Hargitay on 13 May 1956, while attending a performance of the "Mae West Revue" at the Latin Quarter night club in Manhattan.
• • Twenty months later, Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay wed on 13 January 1958. They had three children and, alas, would divorce in 1964.
• • On Saturday, 13 May 1961 • •
• • Mae West posed with Gary Cooper in a tavern to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition. They socialized at several Tinseltown tete-a-tetes, too. On Saturday, 13 May 1961, the "Coop" lost his battle with cancer.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Harvey Thew, Paramount scenarist, is working on "Dead Reckoning." He also worked on "Ruby Red," which stars Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: ""There is something about big cats that appeals to me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Midwest newspaper reporter discussed Mae West.
• • Illinois reporter Claudia Cassidy wrote an article “On the Aisle: Mae West as a Connoisseur, Pronounced Sewer, of Amour” for the Chicago Tribune. Cassidy's piece (with a rather nasty title) was printed on page 13 on Tuesday, 13 March 1945.
• • Source: Chicago Tribune; published on Tuesday, 13 March 1945
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 10th anniversary • •
• • Thank
you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during this
past decade. The other day we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a
milestone recently when we completed 3,100 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started ten years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 3177th blog post.
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MAE WEST and her obscenity trials will be the focus of a new cabaret revue that starts tomorrow.
• • Cabaret Red Light puts Mae West on trial, calling to the stand the same cast of misfits and managers who witnessed her meteoric rise to power from footlighted stage to silver screen. Starring two-time Barrymore nominee Jess Conda as Mae West with comedy veteran Jim Boyle. There is an original jazz orchestra score by Chris Aschman, who leads the show's six piece jazz band during this musical comedy which includes dancing and (yes) puppetry.
• • What: Musical-Comedy: "Mae West: Looking Pretty & Saying Cute Things — — The Obscenity Trials of Mae West"
• • When: October 6th — October 9th, 2011
• • Where: Adrienne Theater: 2030 Sansom St. [3rd floor], Philadelphia, PA 19103; T. 484-995-3431
• • Photo: Jess Conda costumed as Mae West
• • On 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.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I have an extra thyroid gland. It gives me twice the energy and twice, the — — you know — — everything else I guess."
• • Quote, Unquote • • 
• • An essay about Ventura County's history mentioned Mae West.
• • Mark Storer writes: The Conejo Valley Historical Society presents Tales of Old Conejo at the inn, a living-history event with more than 40 actors presenting scenes of life in the Conejo Valley from 1876 through 1938 . . . . Actress Mary Carrig also played Mabel Stark, a former nurse who fell in love with animal training and came to what used to be Jungleland in Thousand Oaks in the 1930s. "She always struck me as a little girl playing with her kittens," Mary Carrig said of Mabel Stark.
• • "I did a lot of research on her and was able to hear her voice because she was interviewed in 1950 on 'This is Your Life,' " she added. "She was the first honorary mayor of Thousand Oaks, and she was a real firebrand, full of spirit."
• • [Liontamer] Mabel Stark and actress Mae West were friends, Carrig said. "Mae asked Mabel, 'If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?' and Mabel answered 'Mabel Stark.' [sic] I think that says it all," she said. ...
• • Source: Article: "Tours bring Conejo Valley history alive" written by Mark Storer for the Ventura County Star; posted on 4 October, 2011
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started seven years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2074th 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 recorded an LP "Great Balls of Fire" in 1972 — — and one track was "Rock Around the Clock," that great rock and roll standard. 
• • Written in 1953 and first recorded by the Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights [Arcade label], it became a phenomenal hit instead for a country music performer Bill Haley [1925 — 1981]. When Bill Haley & His Comets recorded it [Decca label] on 12 April 1954, the front man was pushing 30 and looked older.
• • Covered by 79-year-old Mae West in 1972, the hit was still so associated with Bill Haley that it will surprise people to learn that the songwriter was actually born the same year as Mae — — but in the month of January.
• • Hailing from Philadelphia, Max C. Freedman [8 January 1893 — 8 October 1962] was a veteran Tin Pan Alley songwriter who was best known for his novelty number "Sioux City Sue." But when he teamed up with James E. Myers (aka. Jimmy DeKnight) in 1953 to write a fast and furious rock and roll tune called "Rock Around the Clock," both men became known as chart-toppers. By then song-man Max was 60 years old.
• • Keeping up with the times, Mae offered her own sassy version on this album produced 18 years later.
• • Mae West's songs featured in "Brassy Broads" • •
• • This sassy and brassy revue "Brassy Broads" is a tribute to the divas of the American stage and screen. Three vivacious ladies take the lead to perform iconic numbers like “In the Mood,” etc. Featuring songs old and new from those great dames Mae West, Sophie Tucker, Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Bernadette Peters, and Bette Midler.
• • The premiere is tonight — — on 8 January 2011 at 7:30 PM at Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 North Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Joy had its own special place in the life of MAE WEST — — on her dresser, in fact. The legendary actress enjoyed wearing this expensive fragrance. If you are fortunate enough to own one of Mae's garments, you might even be able to detect the scent.
• • According to Kathryn Canavan, Longwood Gardens is the place to be this season (and that's where you'll find a hint of Mae, too). She writes: "A stunning collection of historic perfume bottles is on display — — ones shaped like a bow tie, bat wings, a skyscraper, a bejeweled egg, a crying sun, a jewel-eyed leopard astride a crystal rock, and the body of actress Mae West. And, of course, there's the iconic Chanel No. 5 bottle issued in 1921."
• • Kathryn Canavan notes: "Visitors will learn the story of Joy, the tony perfume created in 1930 to lift the spirits of those who could afford it after the 1929 stock market crash. It was the most floral and most jasmined fragrance ever created. One ounce of Joy requires 28 dozen roses and 10,600 jasmine flowers. ..."
• • Exhibition: "Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance"
• • Where & When: Now through 21 November 2010 at Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square.
• • For a nose-worthy experience that might bring a whiff of joy and a bit of Mae into your day, check out the link below and/ or tour the exhibit.
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• • Article: "Longwood goes for the nose — — A new exhibit encourages visitors to stop and smell the flowers."
• • By: Kathryn Canavan
• • Published in: The Philadelphia Inquirer — — www.philly.com
• • Published on: 30 April 2010• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/________
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"Good women are no fun. The only good woman I can recall in history is Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag." — — Mae West 
• • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native Betsy Ross [1 January 1752 — 30 January 1836] was a woman who may — — or may not — — have sewn the first American flag, a design that incorporated stars representing the first 13 colonies.
• • The so-called "Betsy Ross Flag" had 13 stars and stripes. The legend goes on to claim that George Washington told Betsy that all the stars should be placed in a circle so that no colony would be viewed above another. Historians, however, have found over a dozen flag makers in Philadelphia at the time.
• • The Thirteen Colonies were British colonies in North America that rebelled against British rule in 1775.
• • New York was one of the original thirteen rebellious provinces.
• • Mae West, a native New Yorker, went on to be a rebel and a STAR in her own right.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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MAE WEST had a collection of gems and jewelry that Ali Baba would have loved.
• • This month, a museum in Philadelphia launched an exhibition of vintage adornments including one of Mae West's bracelets. The gold cuff, purchased at a New York City store in the early 1930s, is set with a star sapphire "as big as an egg," states the catalogue.
• • When we requested a jpeg so that visitors to the MAE WEST Blog could see the cuff, the Pennsylvania museum got real snooty. Precious is the word that comes to mind. Without the photo, alas, there is no point in steering you to buy tickets to a temporary installation where chilly rudeness from these doodle-bugged "hot shots" might await you. Phooey on them.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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MAE WEST 's composer Harvey Brooks died in June, so let's take a moment to meditate on his angel music.
• • Born in 1899 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harvey Brooks wrote all the numbers that Mae fans associate with her successful film "I'm No Angel."
• • His song compositions included "I'm No Angel," "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk," "That Dallas Man," and "I Found a New Way to Go to Town."
• • The songwriter — a member of ASCAP — died in Los Angeles at age 69 on 17 June 1968.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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