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Three Plays by Mae West

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by Schlissel, Lillian


  Did you see Stanley go into a dressing room where Dolores was?

  Did you see four men in women’s attire who were depicting female imper sonators in the 2nd act, come on the stage and go to their dressing room?

  Who were those four men?

  3rd act.

  [This memorandum is unsigned. —L.S.]

  [The trial itself did not begin until 1930, and by court time, thirty-four indictments were dismissed, and proceedings commenced against twenty- four defendants. Although the prosecution mounted a spirited attack, the sen sational aspects of the case had diminished. The jury declared itself dead locked, and the District Attorney declined to retry the case. VARIETY announced MAE WEST BEAT IT. —L.S.]

  10. [RECOMMENDATION]

  THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS

  OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK.

  Cal. No. 53 002

  Ind. No. 174, 820 1/2

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

  —against—

  MAE WEST, CARL REED, CHARLES EDWARD DAVENPORT, STAN STANLEY, ALAN BROOKS, EDGAR BARRIER, LEO HOWE, LESTER SHEEHAN, EDWARD HEARN, WILLIAM SELIG, HERMAN LENSEN, CHUCK CONNORS 2nd, FRED DICKENS, HARRY ARMAND, SYLVAN REPETTI, GENE DREW, ALBERT DORANDO, jO HUDDLETON, WALTER MacDONALD, GENE PEARSON, HOWARD CHANDLER, MAY DAVIS, WALLY JONES, CHARLES ORDWAY and TED LEWIS, Defendants.

  RECOMMENDATION

  The defendants were indicted on the 5th day of October, 1928, charged with a violation of Section 1140-a of the Penal Law, and with the crime of Maintaining a Public Nuisance. They were tried before Judge Bertini and a jury in Part IX of the Court of General Sessions on the 17th day of March, 1930. During the course of the trial, on motion of the District Attorney, the case against certain of the defendants was taken from the consideration of the jury and they were acquitted by direction of the Court. The case against the other defendants resulted in a disagreement of the jury on April 3, 1930.

  I do not believe that public justice requires a retrial of this action. The first trial was protracted, and I do not believe that a better result would be obtained upon retrial of the case. I, therefore, recommend that the bail of all of these defendants be discharged.

  Dated, New York, N. Y., November 3, 1930.

  Respectfully submitted, James G. Wallace, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY

  [Joab Banton]

  A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL STAGE TERMS

  from The Drag

  spot: an actor’s place in the order of the acts billed in vaudeville.

  light plots: line or sight cues are recorded for light changes and the plot is assembled in play sequence, an electrician’s cue sheet, indi cating location of props.

  scene plots: a list or diagram showing the scenery to be used in each scene of the production.

  spider box: a multiple pin connection, a pin connection or “spider” box, an electrical plug to connect outlets and plugs, a receptacle suitable to stage use because it is flat and rectangular.

  olivette: a black metal housing for lights, painted white or silver inside, grooved to hold gelatines, swivel connection to floor stand.

  baby spots: a small spotlight to use 100-250-400 watt lamps.

  douser: a cutoff device in an arc light.

  door fancy: (draperies?).

  riser: a stage platform, the step position of a spotlight.

  moon box: an artificial effect machine used to simulate the moon; a container holding a lamp is moved on lines behind a transparent drop.

  call boy: a person employed to call actors, at the stage manager’s sig nal, to be ready to come on stage.

  gelatine slide: a color wheel with each color having its own number.

  grip: a stage-hand who helps the chief carpenter on or below the stage level, especially in scene shifting.

  gaffer: a lighting technician.

  bunch lights: a row of lamps in an open metal box with a reflector, used as floodlights, mounted on a standard in the wings; a light stand.

 

 

 


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