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TEXAS GUINAN helped build the careers of many stars. Let's learn more about Walter O'Keefe. A brassy maneuver earned Walter O'Keefe a coveted job in one of her famed night clubs.
• • Walter O'Keefe [18 August 1900 — 26 June 1983] sent her a photo of himself with a message on he back saying: "You may get the services of the guy on the other side while he is still inexpensive."
• • Born in Hartford, Connecticut, his professional career began on the stage with the famed actress Beatrice Lillie. He honed his comedic skills doing stand-up acts in New York speakeasies In the 1930s, including one owned by Texas Guinan, before he broke into radio on singer Rudy Vallee's show.
• • He was host of the radio show "Battle of the Sexes" on NBC beginning in 1943 before going on to "Double or Nothing." He was versatile and did work as a songwriter, syndicated columnist, Broadway composer, screenwriter, musical arranger, TV host as well as an actor.
• • Like the Queen of the Night Clubs, O'Keefe has a Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood.

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• • The legal battles fought by Mae West and Jim Timony are dramatized in the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," set during the Prohibition Era. Texas Guinan is in some scenes, too. Watch a scene on YouTube.
• • Website for all things Mae West — http://MaeWest.blogspot.com

• • Exciting Texas Guinan news is on the horizon. More anon.
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