Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Fost (designer) in conversation. Show Name: Lido (Paris, France) Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Costume Details: Sheer long pale green gown with deeply scooped back, decorated with beads, matching necklace, long gloves, and long scarf with beaded fringe.
Costume Details: Black lace leotard with pink drape over one arm, wrapped around the waist and trailing to floor; also shows miniature of same costume with colors reversed