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Mae West (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
" Courting Mae West " — — a play based on true events in the life of MAE WEST during the Prohibition Era, when she was arrested and jailed for writing two gay plays — — has come in as a finalist in the 2008-2009 REVA SHINER FULL LENGTH PLAY CONTEST. • • Every year the Reva Shiner Contest rewards an unproduced full-length play with a cash prize and a full production as part of the theater's season....
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Mae West (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Biltmore Theatre will never forget MAE WEST 's gay show " Pleasure Man " and its infamous police raid eighty years ago on 1 October 1928. • • But in a few years people might no longer remember the Biltmore because on 4 September 2008 this playhouse, which has seen its ups and downs, will be renamed The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre at 7:30 PM. • • Born and raised in New York City, Samuel J. Friedman...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Wordsmith MAE WEST has been applauded for many things but finally one wit noticed her figure . . . of speech. • • Canadian Howard Richler writes: Welcome to the symmetrical world of chiasmus. Chiasmus is defined by The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms as "a figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second. This may involve a...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
In its heyday, the California Hotel in San Bernardino, California — — built in an imposing Spanish-Renaissance style — — attracted the queens of the silver screen including MAE WEST . Journalist Julie Farren researched the history of the California Hotel on Fifth Street and other local "grand dames" and here is a brief section from her intriguing article. • • California Hotel • • The Spanish Renaissance-style...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will present The Nature of Diamonds, the most wide-ranging exhibition ever developed on the allure of diamonds — — and jewellery worn by MAE WEST will be on display during this show. • • The ROM's walk-in Gem Vault houses some of the exhibition’s most dazzling objects. Included here is a stunning array of outstanding gems from around the world, including a corsage ornament...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Is smoking back in vogue — — and is MAE WEST to blame? • • Writing from Oklahoma, Cassie Rhea Little considers the lure of demon tobacco. She envisions Audrey Hepburn, gazing into Tiffany’s window, a dramatically long cigarette holder in hand. As Hepburn moves "through the famous 1961 film, she leaves a trace of smoke wherever she goes." • • She adds: "Now let's think about women like Edie Sedgwick,...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Since MAE WEST had her eye on Tammany Hall perhaps for the entire time she lived in New York, she could spot a fixer. • • "Big" Tim Sullivan [23 July 1862 — 31 August 1913] was a fixer extraordinaire and a born ward-heeler. This New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent figure within Tammany Hall was the model for Mae's character Gus Jordan...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Come up and see MAE in Kansas City next month — — and it won't cost you any coins. Okay, that's enough for the "hard C" sound. • • Pre-Code cinema from the early 1930s is a category that Mae did especially well in before the Hitler of Hollywood put his foot down. • • The Kemper Museum’s series of pre-Code films will continue with four motion pictures that will be shown on Sundays at 2:00 PM. Screenings...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
MAE WEST has Irish heritage so she would not have minded that an Irish newspaper predicted which man she would have voted for — — even though the columnist got it all wrong. A confirmed leftie, Mae even wrote fervent letters of support on behalf of the socialist Eugene V. Debs, therefore, I sincerely doubt the Empress of Sex would have marched to the tune of John McCain. • • K. Myers wrote: Moving...
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Labay's Place (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. MAE WEST, American actress
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The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Next book on my "entertainment biography" shelf: Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best, by Nancy Nelson I can imagine that this is pretty much a book only for hardcore fans....
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
In Marion, Ohio, they fondly remember MAE WEST . • • On August 30th and 31st, 2008, Ohio theater-goers will get a chance to party like it's 1928 at the kick-off event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Palace Theatre — — and reminisce about the Brooklyn bombshell, too. • • Elaine Merchant, executive director of the Palace, said she and other staff have done considerable research to re-enact...
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Ellipsis...Suddenly Carly (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
"Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile." -Mae West Fun! Fun? What's that again? Oh yeah, I remember! Despite all the stress in our lives lately, Alan and I do remember how fun, fun can be. The trouble is, due to the crashing economy, everything has gotten so expensive. Heck, a nice dinner and a movie could cost about $65.00 dollars! If we did go out for an evening...
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Mae West (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
A world-famous restaurant that in its heyday served Hollywood stars like MAE WEST and Jimmy Durante could soon return to Downtown Brooklyn. • • Joseph Chirico, who ran Gage & Tollner before closing the upscale eatery in 2004, said he plans to reopen it at a new location within two years. "It broke my heart to shut it down," said the restaurateur. He kept the naming rights but sold the original building....
