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liildiiU Tuesday, September 26, 1967 f// I it Arden Plans 'Lido' Show n Las Vegas. ?╟÷ Donn Arden, whose y-: newest revue "Pzazz! 68" opens at 7?* the Desert Inn Thursday announces If that sometime in My, 1968, he will stage-direct the eighth edition of Le Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel | here. The current Lido Show has been K running almost a year. Arden, along ||\with producer Frank Sennes, is already \it work planning the lavish show. / Donn Arden, Production Genius Has a Favorite Subject-Women! K there's one thing Donn Arden knows about ?╟÷ it's women. For more than 30 years Donn has created and staged some of the most exciting shows ever seen on stage. During this period he has auditioned and hired more than 5,000 girls for his shows. He knows how they should look, dress, walk and talk ?╟÷ in short, he is, in addition to being a production genius, an expert on the ladies. Donn reflected as he relaxed between rehearsals for "Pzazz! '68" opening September 28 at the Desert Inn. "Too many women just do not know how to dress or move ?╟÷ they lack a certain taste and pride in themselves. It's almost as if they have no realization of their own appearance. They have mirrors, but they choose to ignore them. "Showgirls and dancers, in most cases, know they look right. It's their business ?╟÷ to look their best and move gracefully. "The average women does not even try. It has nothing to do with money ?╟÷ there is little cost involved." DONN ARDEN "Take posture and walking," Donn commented as he kept a practiced eye on his 60 daracers and showgirls. "These are some of my girls' most important assets. When you look at a girl, the first things you notice are how she stands and walks, how she carries herself. I see so many attractive women slumping or slouching ?╟÷ I don't allow it with any of my people. Walking especially. I see women on the streets swinging along without having the "equip ment" to walk this way. "Women's hair styles keep changing, but you'd never know it to look at some of them. It doesn't cost much to have a professional tell you which style suits the contour of your face. A showgirl, or even a model, will get the right style FOR HER and usually stick with it. The wrong style, or cut, can make even an attractive girl look wrong. "Clothes too often do not accentuate a woman's best features. I see short dumpy women in mini-skirts, or hefty women in shorts. It shouldn't be too difficult to know what you have and help it along, so to speak." Arden knows what he is talking about. In more than 35 years in the business, he has selected well over 5,000 girls for his extravaganz$s. Currently more than 300 dancers, showgirls and acts are working in his three shows ?╟÷ the new "Pazazz^ '68" revue, the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel and the Lido in Paris. Donn studied all forms of the dance in his native St. Louis. He performed for Texas Guinan in her New York night club, and at Chicago's Century of Progress in 1932- 33. His first triumph as a choreographer came in Manhattan where an ice show he staged at the Hotel New Yorker was so well received that it ran for 10 years. Following World War II, Donn was invited to stage and direct the Lido Show in Paris. In addition, Arden staged mammoth productions for the Latin Quarters in New York and Miami and Ciro's and the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood. Eventually his association with producer Frank Sen- 1 nes to create, stage and direct all Desert Inn and Stardust revues brought him new and well - deserved recognition. When the Desert Inn decided to go with a large scale show, Donn came up with "Hello America," the popular revue which, in two editions, ran almost three years. Now "Pzazz! '68", his interpretation of a mod musical of the sixties, tops with brilliance and excellence his , years as one of the world's truly great showmen.