Mae West 125, Evelyn Ankers 100, Robert De Niro 75 -- August 17, 2018

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I was going through my notes and I saw that three actors celebrated their birthdays on August 17.  Mae West was born 125 years ago in 1893.  Evelyn Ankers was born 100 years ago in 1918.  Robert De Niro was born 75 years ago in 1943.

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Mae West had a long and successful career in vaudeville, on Broadway, in movies, on radio and in nightclubs.  She was a good writer.

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Evelyn Ankers appeared in many Universal horror films, including The Wolf Man with Lon Chaney, Jr.

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Robert De Niro has been a great actor for a long time, in movies like The Godfather, Part II and Raging Bull.  He has also done stage work.

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It Ain't No Sin -- July 18, 2014

Film Daily, 06-June-1934.

We just got back from a wonderful vacation in New Orleans.  Mae West wrote a movie called It Ain't No Sin, which was set in New Orleans.  The newly enforced Production Code forced a change of title, to Belle of the Nineties and a reduction, but not elimination, of double entrendres. 

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra played the house band at the Sensation House in New Orleans. 

Film Daily, 21-September-1934.