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I know that I may be preaching to the choir but...

I am totally entralled by Miss Mae West.

This morning I caught her film, "I'm No Angel"

Mae not only was the lead actress with exceptional comedic timing & body language, but she wrote the movie and wrote the screenplay. For a woman to have that kind of talent and command in Hollywood back in the 1930's ...is a VERY big deal!

Funny thing, her birthday, is my brother's birthday!

fuzzy who always knew how great Mae was, but, did not actually know the depth of her true genius!

TLAF and THFD saw that very same Miss Mae West on Broadway on their honeymoon in Diamond Lil.

I have a Playbill.

(They also saw Sophie Tucker at Lou Walters' Latin Quarter (and brought home little souvenir drum sticks -- not fowl drumsticks but drum sticks that you hit a drum with).)

mellytu74 wrote:TLAF and THFD saw that very same Miss Mae West on Broadway on their honeymoon in Diamond Lil.

I have a Playbill.

(They also saw Sophie Tucker at Lou Walters' Latin Quarter (and brought home little souvenir drum sticks -- not fowl drumsticks but drum sticks that you hit a drum with).)

WOW! Melly my brother collect drumsticks...since he is a drummer. Still plays part-time in 2 different bands.

fuzzy

She also loved to write lines to get around the Hays Commission censors. The classic "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" is a great example.

A very underrated actress, IMO. I love watching the byplay between her and WC Fields in their films.

gsabc wrote:She also loved to write lines to get around the Hays Commission censors. The classic "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" is a great example.

A very underrated actress, IMO. I love watching the byplay between her and WC Fields in their films.

saw her biopic years ago with Ann Jillian as Mae West, and she really put up with a lot from the censors.

fuzzy

from Night After Night

Woman: Goodness, what beautiful diamonds

MW: Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.