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• Mae West: A Midnight Belle

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  MAE WEST rang in her banner New York year, 1928, with a one-night stand, hosting a nightclub, a la Texas Guinan, at Club Deauville — — then located at Park Avenue and East 59th Street [the night of December 31, 1927 — January 1, 1928]. • • During the Prohibition Era, Mae West had bought a ...
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• Mae West: December 1919

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  On 28 December 1919, MAE WEST was very busy — — double-booked, in fact. • • The 26-year-old "firefly of vaudeville" was appearing that night at the Lyric Theatre [on 42nd Street, west of Broadway]. Sharing the Lyric bill with her were these entertainers: Eugene and Willie, the Howard Brothers; Carl ...
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• Mae West: Dixie in 1934

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  It was on 28 December 1934 that the good folks in The Yellowhammer State were anticipating another visit from MAE WEST . • • The announcement in the local paper The Star read: The glamorous Mae West returns to the Ritz Theater screen Monday night [Dec. 31, 1934] as the star of the featured attraction being ...
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• Mae West: Lous Big Night

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  MAE WEST and George Raft knew the address well — — well before Louis Bromfield was drinking there one afternoon with his newsman buddy Lucius Beebe, a Herald-Times columnist. Club Napoleon , a speakeasy on the grand scale, was located at 33 West 56th Street, then a fancy block of Beaux Arts mansions. ...
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• Mae West: Clothes Fall

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  MAE WEST — — surely deserving of a sonnet and the dignity of iambic pentameter — — turned up in a line of free verse penned by Ann Carter. • • The reigning poetess of Carroll County, Arkansas has a slim new anthology out: Sweetness: Collected Poems 1974-2009 . Heres a brief excerpt with a moonstruck ...
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• Mae West: Potawatomi

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  Imagine having MAE WEST pose with you on New Years Eve? • • Guests at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in downtown Milwaukee will be able to stop by one of two photo booths — — in Wild Earth and the Grand Lobby — — between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. to get a complimentary picture on 31 December 2009. • • "At each ...
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• Happy Scroogemas! And A Bah Humbug New Year!

  
  Radio Clash Podcast — Authority: 431
  About to head off to the wilds of Surbiton to see John, probably be online in one way or t’other but y’all have a Happy Scroogemas and Bah Humbug New Year! Happy HanuKwanzaWinterDrinkymas! So to celebrate my commiserations of the season, here is my Bah Humbug exclusive compilation I gave out to people who came ...
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• Mae West: The Big D

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  MAE WEST and diamonds were almost synonymous even before the creation of her most memorable character: Diamond Lil. I hadnt started out to collect diamonds, she said, but somehow they piled up on me. The onstage Diamond Lil was a singer in a Bowery saloon of the 1890s — — a bad girl with a good heart, who ...
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• Mae West: Wolverhampton

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  The artist who helped create the cover for the Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band — — which featured MAE WEST — — is having an exhibition of additional works inspired by The Empress of Sex. • • Once based in London (while married to the painter Peter Blake), and now a resident of ...
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• Mae West: NSW

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  MAE WEST entertained down under this week. • • According to Fergus Shiel in the Brisbane Times : The connecting of comedians across generations according to a theme — tonight [i.e., on Monday, 21 December 2009] its funny folk from Mae West to Richard Pryor and Peter Griffin, the Family Guy, smashing social ...
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• Mae West: December Dollars

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  It was December 1935, the height of the Great Depression, and newspapers began posting the annual earnings of Americans — — such as MAE WEST — — who had earned over $15,000. Only about 18,000 Americans had a salary that topped $15,000 during the mid-1930s. Publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst ...
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• Christmas Dinner

  
  Big Rock Candy Mountain — Authority: 127
  Jingle bells, Batman smells...Did I mention we have an Aluminum Christmas tree? Its slightly trippy if you stare at it too long. Just a reminder that our World-renowned Best Of 2009 list is coming up (the week between Xmas and New Years). Were still evaluating, re-ranking, deleting and adding, so we dont yet have ...
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• Mae West: King of the Bowery

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  MAE WEST may not have assigned a birthdate to her character Gus Jordan — — but she certainly knew the life story of the cunning ward heeler she based him on: Big Tim Sullivan [1862 — 1913]. • • In " Diamond Lil " the bejeweled chanteuse and brash entertainer Lil (Mae West) works in the 1890s Bowery barroom ...
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• Mae West: Diamond Thrill

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  See the diamonds fingered by Diamond Lil herself — — and other fine jewelry that once adorned MAE WEST — — during an extraordinary all-day event planned and led by McHenry County College. Their energetic Trips and Tours office has just announced their " Nature of Diamonds Tour ," which will take place from ...
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• Mae West: Oral

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  Almost no one it seems can accurately recall the line that MAE WEST first wrote in 1926 for one of her drag queens in her controversial play " The Drag ." And even a veteran publicist quails before the word chickadee . Please stumble over the careless errors in order to savor this teeny tidbit about the Brooklyn ...
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• Mae West: Accuracy, Anyone?

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  An article in a Missouri newspaper, reminiscing about innovations and important events during 1909, flashed upon MAE WEST and Guido Deiro — — but the fact-checkers were away on maternity leave maybe. • • As many Mae mavens know, the Brooklyn bombshell and the Italian accordionist Guido Deiro made beautiful ...
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• Mae West: A Terrific Explosion

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  An article in a British newspaper dispensed fashion advice according to the personalities and figure-types of four well-known Hollywood actresses — — such as MAE WEST . • • Following tips from author Caroline Cox, a British reporter wrote this section (below). • • • • The Mae West • • • • ...
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• A White Womans Thoughts on Black Princesses

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 789
  Filed under: Woman Up I remember reading once that African-American girls have higher self-esteem than white girls their age. This was some time ago and might not be true. But I wondered if it was because they DONT have those helpless princesses to measure themselves against. I was so depressed years ago when I ...
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• Mae West: The Olde Bell

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  An article in a British newspaper [published on 14 December 2009] described a charming lodge, whose famous guest list includes MAE WEST . • • According to British reporter Chris Sullivan, The Olde Bell is the oldest inn in the country (built in 1163). • • Situated about an hour away from London in the ...
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• Mae West: Goin to Noun

  
  Mae West — Authority: 127
  Perhaps no other radio segment of The Chase and Sanborn Hour has sparked more commentary than the December 12th, 1937 broadcast starring MAE WEST . • • Mae West rarely appeared on radio. When she did, the sole purpose was to promote one of her films. West had guest-starred on The Shell Chateau ...
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