Mae West (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
At age 87, MAE WEST suffered a series of strokes which finally resulted in her death on 22 November 1980 in Hollywood, California. • • The actress took her final breaths quietly in her Hollywood apartment (Ravenswood). Private services [conducted by Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie and attended by about 100 close friends and family] were held in the Old North Church at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills. •...
Mae West (Free subscription) | yesterday
A revival of " Sex " by MAE WEST plays through 21 November 2009 at North Lakeside Cultural Center, 6219 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago. Mae wrote the play in 1926 and starred in it as the frisky and unapologetic prostitute Margy LaMont . • • Drama critic K.D. Hopkins "got lost in the action." Let's enjoy the entire review, shall we? • • K.D. Hopkins writes: Okay,...
newyorkshitty.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
To bastardize Mae West (who— it is reputed— hailed from the Garden Spot of the Universe): Is that a closed circuit television camera in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Miss Heather
Mae West (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
When MAE WEST was featured at the Central Theatre [Broadway & West 47th Street] on 25 December 1920, she had no idea that Santa Nick had a sweet little career surprise waiting. • • Irish-American comedian Jimmy Hussey [1891 — 1930] was the star attraction that Christmas Day. Also performing were Phil Baker and Aileen Stanley — — but Mae West must have pulled focus and...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH ****
Mae West (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Through November 21st you can enjoy "Sex" by MAE WEST in a new production by Prologue Theatre directed by Margo Gray. • • Chicago critic Paige Listerud had this assessment: I’ve long wanted to see Sex, the play that put Mae West in jail. Mae West was one of America’s great crossover artists, bringing more risqué influences from vaudeville and jazz to the so-called...
Kaliyuga Kronicles (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Philip! Philip! Look! It's just as if I am on the telly! Sarah refused to stay at home, even though Gordon had superglued her spectacles case to her head. For God's sake woman, who the fuck are these people? I thought we were going to the Chessington World of Adventure. No, David, I don't want to hold hands. You seem to have forgotten that I did not go to Eton. The "Heigh-ho" song was always...
raincoaster (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
This is nothing more nor less than a map of the most/least corrupt countries in the world, according to Transparency International. I, personally, think they’re giving Stephen Harper too much credit (or they just don’t know which strings to pull, typically Canadian!) but it’s flattering to see Canuckistan only a blue rinse away from snowy-white [...]
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The following is an article from Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader Tired of Top 10 lists? Well, here's the cure: Bottom 10 Records, from [...]
CSP Diary (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Once, the famous Hollywood actress Mae West remarked about diamonds that she never worries about diets, the only thing that interest to her was the number of carats in a diamond. From her point of view about diamonds, we can easily understand the value of diamonds. Generally women are more crazy for diamonds as compared [...]
Susie Bright's Journal (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
"Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you." —Mae West I am an ardent quotations collector— I collect my favorites on slips of paper, write them on my hand, hoard hundreds on my hard drive. I belong to a brilliant "Quotation of...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Like most great ideas, Astral Artists' one-day Philadelphia Brahms Festival immediately posed the question of why it hadn't been done anytime recently. Probable answer: Does Brahms' chamber music need a festival? By no means is it neglected, but as the three-concerts-on-one-Saturday festival showed, there's plenty to be said for focusing the attention of listeners and performers, proving the old Mae...
Mae West (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Production began for the new MAE WEST motion picture " My Little Chickadee " on 12 November 1939. • • She had entered into negotiations for this project by the end of May 1939 with reservations due to her costar's reputation for drinking. • • Earlier that month, W.C. Fields had submitted a script called " December and Mae ." In this early draft, which was set...
Mae West (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Nothing could be finer than to enjoy MAE WEST in Carolina exactly 75 years ago. • • Spotted in the Greensboro Daily News , November 15-21, 1934: • • Movie at the Carolina Theatre: Mae West in “ Belle of the Nineties ” in beautiful North Carolina. • • That's what we call a real Thanksgiving treat. • • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/...
Mae West (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Several Chicago papers have reminded Windy City citizens to go see " Sex " by MAE WEST . • • Announcing some "Sexy Weekend Haps," Kiki, for instance, encouraged her Chicago Now readers: Check out the play that put icon Mae West in the clink. Produced by the Prologue Theatre at the North Lakeside Cultural Center at 6219 N. Sheridan Rd in Roger's Park. Runs Thursday —...
Videos