Mae West: In Palo Alto

In Palo Alto, California, the Stanford Theatre invites you to come up and see MAE WEST.
• • From Saturday January 31st — Monday February 2nd, 2009, movie buffs can enjoy two classics from the pre-Code era: "She Done Him Wrong" [1933] on the same bill with "Gold Diggers of 1933."
• • One original billboard was pretty frisky. "Swinging hips, bedroom eyes, and the throaty growl of an amorous cat — — she just doesn't give a damn!" slavered the hand-colored poster, describing the Lady Lou character.
• • "She Done Him Wrong" will be screened at 6:15 PM and also at 9:20 PM.
• • Mae's break-out screen gem was first released by Paramount Pictures on 9 February 1933.
• • "Gold Diggers" features Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Warren Williams, Joan Blondell, and Guy Kibbee. Marian Anderson dubbed Joan Blondell's singing voice. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley, this is extravagant eye-candy indeed.
• • Contact: Stanford Theater — — 221 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 — — Cross Streets: Between Emerson Street and Ramona Street; Tel: (650) 324-3700.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Toot, Toot

Fixated on her career as much as on her Dionysian urges, MAE WEST had a lot in common with Al Jolson, with whom she shared the stage a few times.
• • It's nice to know they both are still touring in "Jolson & Company" — — though some theatre reviewers mistakenly think the two vaudevillians once walked down the aisle.
• • [Geeeez. Get thee to Wikipedia or the Internet Broadway Database, New Jerseyans.]
• • The Princeton Packet's drama critic had this to say in his overview of the best dozen plays and musicals in central New Jersey during 2007.
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• • Referring to the Off-Broadsheet production of "Jolson & Company," Stuart Duncan writes: We go way back to mid-January [2007] for our first show and a terrific trip down memory lane. Al Jolson was one of the nation’s finest performers, a man of huge appetites, and his songs — — “Mammy,” “Rockabye My Baby,” “April Showers” and “Toot, Toot, Tootsie” — — were only some of the 17 in this biographical smash. Bob Thick played Al Jolson, using his opera-trained baritone/ bass voice exquisitely. Heather Diaforli played all the women in his life, including wives Mae West [sic] and Ruby Keeler. Peter Wright made his debut at the piano and sellout audiences roared their approval at Hopewell’s dessert theater. What a delicious beginning to the new year.
• • Source: The Princeton Packet (Princeton, NJ)
• • Byline and errors credited to Stuart Duncan
• • Published on 26 December 2007
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• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West: Wild WEST-side

Hollywood Icon Sneaks into the Spotlight
Come up and see Mae in her hometown.

In August, on the actress's birthday — — Friday evening on August 17, 2007 — — the Annual Mae West Gala will present a picture-perfect walking tour: "Mae West Side Story." At each location, Mae-mavens will be treated to rare vintage photographs that show the building as it looked decades ago when Mae West (1893 — 1980) was inside.
• • Leading this tour is New York City historian LindaAnn Loschiavo, who is organizing a colorful Mae West exhibition with The Museum of the City of New York, and whose latest play "Courting Mae West" is heading to an off-Broadway theatre shortly.
• • This year, the August 17th tour will focus on Manhattan's vibrant theatre district, where Mae's WEST side will be explored during visits to more than a dozen sites between West 50th Street and West 63rd Street. As a special treat, participants will stop at three addresses where the blonde bombshell hung her famous hats. Other locations include her dance school, the jewelers who created the expensive "Diamond Lil" dazzlers, legitimate theatres, and vaudeville houses, along with the speakeasies and night spots where she socialized and made whoopee with Rudolf Valentino, George Raft, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Texas Guinan, Barbara Stanwyck, and other celebrities.
• • Secretive and image-conscious, the Brooklyn bombshell carefully covered up her private life, which included frequent partying at gangster-owned clubs, a hushed-up marriage to an Italian accordionist, sances behind curtains, brief sub-lets in trophy apartment houses, and multi-racial love affairs.
• • In the past, guests of these yearly Mae West events have included playwright Sam Shepard, actress Jessica Lange, broadcaster Joe Franklin, ballplayers from the New York Yankees, well-known screenwriters, and a diverse group of Mae devotees who travel cross country to The Big Apple during the dog days of summertime.
— WHO — WHAT— WHEN — WHERE — COST — SUBWAY —
• • Festivities kick off on Mae West's birthday August 17, 2007. The public is invited.
• • TIME: "Mae West Side Story" tour begins at 7:00 PM -- ends 8:30 PM.
• • PLACE: Tour begins on Broadway at West 50th Street [NE corner].
• • SUBWAY: BMT to Broadway -- West 49th Street station
COST:
• • VIP tickets: $25 per person - including tour and reception and giftbag — and all VIP tickets must be pre-paid by August 15, 2007.
• • TOUR ONLY: $15 per person (cash only) — buy tickets on Friday evening August 17 for tour only — $15 tickets do NOT INCLUDE PARTY nor GIFTBAG.
• • Sorry, no exceptions and no refunds. Advance payment via PayPal.
• • EMAIL: Email payment to PayPal: comeupseeMAE (at) aol.com.
• • Updates and past party pictures are online.
• • URL: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com
• • Sponsorship/ giftbag and MEDIA inquiries are welcome.
• • Source: PRWEB.com
• • Only 16 more days until Mae's birthday!
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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