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Costume design drawing, teal, pink and black showgirl costume, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Jeweled teal, pink, and black vertical striped showgirl costume with split skirt, matching feather headdress and cuffs.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Gershwin
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in blue and black feathered ensemble, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled blue and black sheath-style skirt topped in paisley design with long blue and black feathers, large matching headdress; fuchsia accents.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Stairway
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in purple and black ensemble, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in jeweled purple and black collar and split skirt costume with large matching trailing headdress trimmed in purple and black feathers; teal and fuchsia accents. The costume was worn from the opening night of Jubilee, July 1981 until May 1984.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Stairway
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl in red and black feathered ensemble, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in red and black jewelled sheath-style costume, with large headdress of red feathers tipped with black; matching bracelets and earrings.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Stairway
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Image
Costume design drawing, Vienna finale costumes, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Female performer in pale pink hoop skirt costume decorated with large fuchsia and purple grapes, black ribbons at waist, and teal hair ribbons. Male performer wearing a stylized military uniform costume with white tights, blue jacket, cape and hat trimmed with black feathers, and black boots.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon finale: Vienna
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Image
Costume design drawing, yellow and black feathered showgirl costume, Las Vegas, 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Showgirl in jewelled bikini and headdress with yellow and black feathers
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Personal, 1910s-1990s
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The personal series (1910s-1990s) consists primarily of material documenting Donn Arden’s personal life but also includes information about people who worked closely with Arden, and general information on dance, production shows, and showgirls from 1917 to 1993.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Nightclubs, 1950s-1980s
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The nightclubs series is comprised of materials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s that document Donn Arden's work in nightclubs throughout the United States. Cities included are New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Miami Beach, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Nightclubs include the Latin Quarter, Moulin Rouge, Riviera, and the Painted Desert Room at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Also includes documentation on the Arden-Fletcher Dancers, Arden's line of dancers with dancer and choreographer Ron Fletcher.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Shows, 1940s-1990s
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The shows series consists of materials dating from the 1940s to the 1990s that document Donn Arden's work on large-scale production shows and includes costume design sketches, cast lists, fan letters, magazine articles, production notes, programs, press clippings, reviews, and sheet music.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Audiovisual Materials, 1968-1993
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The audiovisual series consists of audiocassettes, videocassettes, and reel-to-reel tapes of select Donn Arden shows such as
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Donn Arden Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component