Mae West: New York Voted

MAE WEST was proud to be a native New Yorker. With 95% of the votes counted in The Empire State, here's how New Yorkers left an impression on the polls on November 6th.
• • Barack Obama (Dem)  — 62.28 % [with 3,722,903 votes counted]
• • Mitt Romney (GOP)  — 36.33 % [with 2,171,662 votes counted]
• • With long lines at polling places across the USA, malfunctioning voting booths, and scanners that broke down shortly after 6:15 AM in lower Manhattan, it was a long day's journey for registered voters on 6 November 2012.
• • No Love from the Hometown • •

• • Former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney (GOP) failed to carry the Constitution State — — or even the town he lives in (Belmont, Mass.). Massachusetts voters gave Obama 60.76% of their ballots; Romney received a paltry 37%, which tells you just how much they wanted him back in office.  
• • Roman Catholic (and reproductive rights conservative) Paul Ryan (GOP) made no impression on Wisconsin, his home state, where the new governor is a Democrat, a female, and gay.
• • A former senator from Illinois, Barack Obama carried Hawaii, where he was born, and Illinois. 
• • Joe Biden carried his home state, Delaware. 
• • When it came to the black voters, only 1 in 10 votes went to the Republican Party. 
• • How will you define this election?
• • Hurricane Sandy Made It Difficult to Vote • •
• • Josh Lederman of A.P. wrote this: With 95 percent of precincts reporting, The Associated Press figures showed more than 117 million people had voted in the White House race, but that number will go up as more votes are counted. In 2008, 131 million people voted, according to the Federal Election Commission.  ... The biggest plunge by far, according to the American University analysis, came in Eastern Seaboard states still reeling from the devastation from Superstorm Sandy, which wiped out power for millions and disrupted usual voting routines. Fifteen percent fewer voters cast ballots in New York this year than in 2008. In New Jersey, it was almost 12 percent. ...
• • How will you remember this November?

• • By the Numbers • •
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Mae West: Ida M. Adams

In 1912, MAE WEST had the role of Le Petite Daffy in "A Winsome Widow" and pretty Ida Adams was seen as Tony.
• • Ida M. Adams [c. 1888 — 4 November 1960] • •

• • Born in the USA circa 1888, Ida Adams became a musical comedy actress.  Her New York stage career began in 1909 when she appeared as Miss Glick in "The Candy Shop." In 1911 the 22-year-old was a success as Desiree in the crowd-pleasing musical comedy "The Pink Lady"; she toured with the show as well.   Then came the box ofice blockbuster "A Winsome Widow," and her cast mates included Mae West, Harry Connor, Emmy Wehlen, Leon Errol, Elizabeth Brice, Charles King, Frank Tinney, and the Dolly Sisters.  Then she was part of "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1912" with Bert Williams, etc.
• • Ida Adams worked the West End, staying in London 1915 — 1918.
• • From 1916 — 1920, Ida M. Adams received screen credit (as Ida M. Evans) as the writer of five silent movies, for instance, "Limousine Life" [1918] starring Olive Thomas [1894 — 1920].
• • Screenplays brought in a nice income.  The New York Commercial Register for 1919 — 1920 listed her as "Adams Ida M. (Miss), 140 W. 55th. Actress."  But soon she was using her screenwriter's stash to secure real estate in Manhattan. In 1919, she commissioned the architects Warren and Clark to remove the original brownstone facing at 130 East 38th Street and refurbish the frontage with tinted stucco and impressive leaded glass windows. She was living there, according to the 1920 census, with her cook.
• • Who knows what she did for the next forty years?  Ida M. Adams died on Friday, 4 November 1960.  She was 72. 
• • Lester Lee [7 November 1904 — 19 June 1956] • •
• • A native New Yorker (like Mae), Lester Lee was born in The Big Apple on Monday, 7 November 1904. An accomplished author and composer, he joined ASCAP in 1942. Working with his chief musical collaborators, Ned Washington, Allan Roberts, Zeke Manners, and Bob Russell, Lester Lee turned out numerous pop songs. A versatile hit-factory in his prime, with numerous chart-toppers to his credit, Lester Lee wrote many musical-production tunes. In 1943, he signed a contract with a Hollywood film studio. From 1945 on, he was creating special material for radio.
• • In June 1954, when Mae West debuted her new muscleman act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, one of her hot numbers was “Take It Easy, Boys,” which the prolific Lester Lee had written.
• • Lester Lee died from a heart attack in Los Angeles on 19 June 1956. He was 51 years old.
• • On Wednesday, 7 November 1934 • •
• • On Wednesday, 7 November 1934 Vassar's "Polite Questionnaire" asked coeds on campus this question: "Who (sic) did your father dote on in 1932?  Mae West, Aimee Semple McPherson, or Margaret Sanger?"
• • Source: Vassar Miscellany News, Volume XIX, Number 11, on 7 November 1934.
• • On Friday, 7 November 2003 in Los Angeles • •
• •  Mae's apartment house The Ravenswood was designated a landmark in the month of November — — on Friday, 7 November 2003.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I hear Marilyn and Jane are tryin' to build themselves up with their sex appeal. Well, they haven*t got what it takes. They're artificial. They haven't arrived yet."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article published in November 1954 interviewed Mae West.
• • The NY correspondent wrote: The buxom platinum blonde with free-swinging hips and sultry come hither voice has returned to New York after a smash-hit run in the vastly opulent nightclubs and cabarets of Las Vegas and Reno.  Her current show in a New York theatre is not making as much money as she earned 20 years ago, when she was the highest paid woman in America and probably the world, but it is doing pretty well all  the same. ...
• • Source: Article: "At 62, Mae West Now Brings Women Flocking To Learn From The Girl With IT" for The Sun-Herald (Sydney, NSW); published on Sunday, 7 November 1954 

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2477th 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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Mae West: George Reed

MAE WEST starred in "Belle of the Nineties" and George Reed was seen as Brother Eben.
• • George Reed [27 November 1866 — 6 November 1952] • •
• • Born in Macon, Georgia on 27 November 1866, George Henry Reed launched a film career that began in the silent era and endured for three decades.  Casting agents assigned him the usual stereotypical roles available then to men of color, that is, butler, cook, coachman, wagon driver, townsman, inmate, servant, valet, waiter, Pullman porter, native guide, Uncle Remus, Chief Black Star, and Sambo.  However, fortune smiled and gave him opportunites for more screen time, for instance, in "Belle of the Nineties." Moreover, Reed snagged the continuing role of Conover in the popular Dr. Kildare film series.  His final appearance as Conover was in "Dark Delusion" [1947], his last screen credit coming when he was 81 years old.
• • From 1913 — 1947, George Reed was in 130 feature films.  He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California in November — — on Thursday, 6 November 1952.  He was 85.
• • Nathan Burkan [6 November 1878 — 7 June 1936] • •

• • Politically well-connected, Nathan Burkan was born in New York City on 6 November 1878 and educated at the City University of New York and New York University's Law School. He became known as a specialist in theatrical matters. Many of his clients were composers and lyricists, members of ASCAP — — such as light opera composer Victor Herbert, who relied on his expertise regarding copyright disputes.
• • Nathan Burkan was a savvy cross-examiner. Celebrities who counted on his legal muscle included Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson, Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, etc. He represented the United Artists (then a new motion picture outfit), The New York Morning Telegraph, and other businesses.
• • Alas, his legal fees bankrupted Mae West, already devastated after a $200,000 loss of advance ticket sales for her play "Pleasure Man" after a raid at the Biltmore Theatre.
• • He died suddenly, after a brief illness, on 7 June 1936. Burkan was 57.
• • On Monday, 6 November 1933 in Australia • •
• • The awe-struck tone is obvious in the article "At the Capitol — First Appearance of Mae West."  Although the reporter from Canberra, Australia puzzled over the movie's title and suggested other titles more suitable than "She Done Him Wrong" (such as "Bowery Love"), there was praise for the leading lady.
• • Impressed by her following Down Under, he wrote: "But another intriguing question was how great an actress is Mae West. If her first film appearance in Australia represents a completely submerged personality and complete dominance of the actress by her part, then her performance was a very great success. This is something to be decided in future film appearances of the blonde. ..."
• • Source: Article in Canberra Times; published on Monday, 6 November 1933.
• • On Monday, 6 November 1933 in Time Magazine • •
• • In October 1933, Time Magazine reported this: "The Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, meeting in Milwaukee last week, congratulated Mae West for popularizing plump female figures . . . ."
• • The edition of Time dated for Monday, 6 November 1933 printed readers' letters reacting to that group of physicians along with the publishing of Mae's measurements in the same article.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I've spent a lot of money. I used to play the horses pretty bad. And then I owned a string of horses. I've got a lot of property, but I don't like to talk about my investments in public."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A news item in Design Week mentioned Mae West.
• • Voxpop wrote: Actress Mae West, who died almost 30 years ago, has been revived in a branding exercise. Which star would you bring back to life and how would you use their brand? ...
• • Source: Item in Voxpop for Design Week; posted on Thursday, 6 November 2008

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eight years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 2476th 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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