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Costume design drawing, black tails and top hat with scarlet-lined cape, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
1981
Description
Bob Mackie design. Handwritten text on drawing: "No capes." Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 Male Dancers (Tails)."
Costume Details: Male performer in black tails and top hat with white vest and bow tie and black cape lined in jeweled scarlet.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Male performer in black tails and top hat with white vest and bow tie and black cape lined in jeweled scarlet.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, teal and fuchsia ballerina costume, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
1981
Description
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: Principal girl dancer (Vienna, Ballerina)."
Costume Details: Teal costume decorated with fuchsia jewels, matching sheer train, matching headdress.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Teal costume decorated with fuchsia jewels, matching sheer train, matching headdress.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Photograph of dancers marching in striped costumes with top hats, Paris, France, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Dancers pose onstage in a march number, wearing two piece, vertically-striped, spangled costumes comprised of bikini bottoms with long feather tails, long-sleeved short bolero-type tops with cuffs and collars, and matching high-heeled boots and plumed top hats. Audience members at their tables are seen in front of the stage.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly and Pierre-Louis Guérin with dancers, Paris, France, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Donn Arden (center) onstage with dance mistress Margaret Kelly (AKA Madame Bluebell), Lido owner Pierre-Louis Guérin and three dancers in costume during rehearsal at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Image
Photograph of stage scene with dancers and fountains, Paris, France, circa 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
At center stage a nude female dancer, with drapes hanging from her arms, poses on the shoulder of a male ballet dancer wearing tights and a short bolero jacket. On either side of them dancers pose wearing drape-like dresses with jeweled bodices, feather trim and tiaras with tall feathers. They stand in front of fountain-like jets of water on a set of steps onstage.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
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Photograph of Stardust marquee and hotel front, Las Vegas, 1961
Date
1961
Description
Color photo of the front of the Stardust Hotel and a globe-shaped marquee in a parking lot in front. The text on the marquee reads: "3rd All New 1961 Revue, Lido de Paris, Adults Only, 70 Stars, 'World's Greatest Floor Show!' Live. Roberta Linn, Dick Contino, Ray Eberle, Malani Kele in the Lounge."
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Costume design drawing, Principal boy singer (director), Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal boy singer (director)."
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, male performer with a clapboard, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal boy singer (clap board)."
Costume Details: Male performer wearing black and white patterned knickers, argyle stockings, striped shirt, suspenders, and bow tie.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Male performer wearing black and white patterned knickers, argyle stockings, striped shirt, suspenders, and bow tie.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, maid in striped dress, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "2 girl singers (maids)."
Costume Details: Female performer in a black and white striped long sleeved dress with white apron and hat.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Female performer in a black and white striped long sleeved dress with white apron and hat.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, white and black witch doctor, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (witch doctor)."
Costume Details: Dancer wearing black and white patterned mask, tights, jewelry, and fringe.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Dancer wearing black and white patterned mask, tights, jewelry, and fringe.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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