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Photograph of René Fraday, Christian Clerico, Margaret Kelly, and Donn Arden with showgirls at the Lido, Paris, France, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

René Fraday, Lido co-owner Christian Clerico, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Donn Arden pose with showgirls in costume at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of René Fraday, Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly, Pierre-Louis Guérin, and Ffolliott Charlton watching rehearsal, Paris, France, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

René Fraday, Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), Lido owner Pierre-Louis Guérin, and dancer Ffolliott Charlton watching rehearsal while dining at the Lido in Paris. Other people are seen in the background also watching the rehearsal.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of René Fraday, Margaret Kelly, Bob Turk, Donn Arden, Louis Folco at the Lido in Paris, France, early 1960s

Date

1960 to 1965

Archival Collection

Description

From L-R: René Fraday, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), Bob Turk, Donn Arden, costume designer Louis Folco at the Lido in Paris. Arden and Folco are holding up champagne glasses. Two unidentified women and one man are in the background.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of René Fraday, Margaret Kelly, Donn Arden, Pierre-Louis Guérin raising a toast to the Lido, Paris, France, early 1960s

Date

1960 to 1965

Archival Collection

Description

René Fraday, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), an unidentified woman (possibly dancer Ffolliott Charlton), Donn Arden and Pierre-Louis Guérin, raising champagne glasses in a toast, are seen at the lower right of this photo showing an opening night crowd at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of Donn Arden onstage with skaters, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden with several ice skaters onstage. They are posed around a "carousel" formed of long ribbons coming from the top of a pole.
Costume Details: The skaters are wearing white figure skates, costumes with short, frilly skirts, and headpieces resembling ponies' heads with feather "manes."

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Photograph of Donn Arden with dancer and costumers, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden, holding a costume sketch, examines the fringed, short-skirted two-piece costume worn by a dancer backstage. A costume mistress measures the dancer's skirt with a tape measure. An unidentifed man holding a length of fabric is seen on the right.

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Photograph of Donn Arden with two dancers, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden puts the finishing touches on a dancer's costume during rehearsal. Another dancer, in costume, poses in front.

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Photograph of Donn Arden Dancers, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden Dancers grouped on stage in variety of costumes.

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Photograph of billboard in Paris advertising Lido, circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Outdoor night shot from a street lined with parked cars of a billboard advertising the Lido Cabaret-Restaurant in Paris. A lamppost and traffic signal are seen to the left in front of another billboard advertising TWA. The billboards are illuminated by electric spotlights.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)

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Photograph of Bluebells posing outside of Pan Am jet, 1958

Date

1958

Archival Collection

Description

The Bluebells dance troupe poses on the steps of a Pan Am jet plane as they arrive in Las Vegas to open the new Lido de Paris show at the Stardust Hotel. Other members of the Bluebells pose with Margaret Kelly ("Madame Bluebell") and Lido owner/producer Pierre-Louis Guérin on the tarmac below the plane. All are dressed in street clothes and some are holding small carry-on bags.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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