YES indeed this star shook BRIDGEPORT up BACK IN THE DAY.Quite a celebrity way before my time but her personal history fascinates me .I'M talking about the one and only MAE WEST.IN JANUARY 1927 she was enroute to BRIDGEPORT,CT.BY that MONDAY JANUARY 31ST our MAIN STREET was duly decorated with a large banner that stated ''THE DRAG''BY AUTHOR of sex more sensational than ''RAIN ''OR ''CAPTAIN''That very MONDAY evening after police argued with MAE WEST the curtain had risen for the theater crowd who had gathered to see the star.THE ''DRAG''was written by JANE MAST aka MAE WEST.HER play was here at our LOEWS POLI THEATER.LATER she was arrested with a few others and her arrest increased her fame even more so.She got arrested at THE ARCADE HOTEL.
SOME history of MAE WEST ---SHE was born MARY JANE MAE WEST AUGUST 17TH 1893.SHE passed away NOVEMBER 20TH 1980.SHE was an AMERICAN ACTRESS,SINGER,PLAYRIGHT,SCREENWRITER,AND COMEDIAN.THIS lady put BRIDGEPORT on the map for sure.A great star no doubt still missed by her fans.
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