My Little Chickadee News

Through those naughty saloon doors will swing Jackie Dunlap as Mae West along with sharp-shooter Annie Oakley, portrayed by Jordawn Wambeke, chairwoman of the event.

"I never set out to make men a career. It just happened that way." Comic actress and playwright Mae West was known for her bold sensuality, clever one-liners and resurrection of Paramount Studios.

Published: Friday, July 24, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 24, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. Many entertainment events are competing for your attention this weekend.

A TOUGH decision faced me Monday night: Attend the Pomona council meeting, which looked to be dull, or branch out to Montclair or La Verne? In La Verne, Monday's meeting was the first after Councilman Steven Johnson's acquittal on conflict of interest charges, a trial in which the mayor and city manager had testified - for the prosecution.

Reviewer Christopher Smith writes: "The Glamour Collections": From Universal, three women, three collections, 15 movies - "The Marlene Dietrich Glamour Collection," "The Mae West Glamour Collection," "The Carole Lombard Glamour Collection." So, yes, that should be enough glamour for anyone - and each is a must.

Gently priced tickets will be sold at the Polk box office for fans of " My Little Chickadee ," starring Mae West and W.C. Fields.

The blues compositions that got Mae moving had more in common with the wooden tables of smoky saloons.

Here are some interesting updates from the world of This Place, This Time: Going West Hollywood musician Ram Diaz, 47, called to say he loved our story about Akron boxer William ''Gorilla'' Jones , a former middleweight champion who was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this month.

One illustrator who had sketched Mae West in 1940 for The New York Times when she was starring in " My Little Chickadee " also got a second chance to draw her for that newspaper a decade later.

Instead he said: "I wasn't directing, I was referee-ing." Born on 4 November 1891 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Edward F. Cline entered the world of cinema as an actor with Keystone in 1913, where he encountered a rotund juggler from Pennsylvania, William Claude Dukenfield.