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I agree./" A-h ?√ßA * -VV LAS VSSA5 ??:'A A"*o*ln at^ LAS VEGAS. NEVADA 89109 <702> 732-611! DICK ODESSKY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS - ADVERTISING date: _JXec?╟?e.mb?╟?ex_2X), 1922_ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DISASTERS SPELL SUCCESS FOR LIDO DIRECTOR LAS VEGAS?╟÷When Mt. Fujiyama erupts in all its splendor onstage at the Stardust Hotel in the all-new edition of Lido de Paris, the show's creator-director Donn Arden will have chalked up one more world disaster to his credit. Arden, world's foremost producer of nightclub extravaganzas, will ring up the curtain on the 10th edition of the Lido in the Stardust's Cafe Continental on Dec. 28. Productions he has created and directed for some 40 years have included re-creations of such disasters as the sinking of the Titanic, explosion of the Hindenburg, the San Francisco earthquake, explosion of a Texas oil field and trainwrecks too numerous to mention. Arden has dealt in only "super-spectaculars'1 since he left the line as a featured dancer in Texas Guinan's French Casino and took over as the show's producer at the age of 15. Since that time, Arden has been associated with major nightclub productions in every corner of the world. His association with the Lido dates back to 1947, when he was hired by Pierre Louis-Guerin and Rene Fraday to stage the original Lido in Paris. Madame Bluebell, whose dancers have gained world fame in Lido productions, joined the show the same year. Soon afterward, A^rden signed on as show producer for the Desert Inn, while retaining his challenging Lido role in Paris. Then, in 1958, when the Desert Inn management was ready to open the Stardust, Arden was commissioned to stage a Las Vegas version of the Lido. MORE