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Photograph of topless showgirls in Arabian-themed stage scene, circa early 1960s
Date
1960 to 1965
Archival Collection
Description
Topless showgirls in long white dresses and pill-box hats hold the long trains of a dancer at center stage wearing a tall feathered headdress. The stage is set in an Arabian-Indian theme with hanging drapes, gold scrollwork screens and misting fountains.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of Donn Arden, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Portrait of Donn Arden.
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Photograph of Donn Arden posing with chorus girls, circa 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Donn Arden poses with a line of chorus girls.
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Photograph of performers and audience at Lido de Paris show at Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, 1958
Date
1958
Archival Collection
Description
Showgirls and dancers in the first Lido de Paris show at the Stardust Hotel and Casino. This is a production number in C'est Magnifique.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Performance Name: C'est Magnifique
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Performance Name: C'est Magnifique
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of performers and audience at Lido de Paris show, Paris, France, 1965
Date
1965
Archival Collection
Description
Performers onstage at the Lido nightclub in Paris, France. Bluebell Girls, showgirls, and male dancers perform. An orchestra is visible. The audience surrounds the stage.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
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Photograph showing a production of Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1970
Date
1969 to 1971
Archival Collection
Description
On a wooden stage decorated with yellow tables and a red and yellow curtain backdrop, entertainers perform Act 9: "Chicago," Scene 2: "Club Royale" of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. At the center of the stage stands a female performer clothed in a glittery, yellow dress with a matching yellow feather headpiece. Located to the female's left is a man in mid-step who is dressed as a waiter. He is wearing a red tuxedo, a black bow tie, and is holding a metal serving tray. Dancing on either side of the waiter and central woman are other female and male performers who are paired together in a female-male fashion. The males are wearing black tuxedoes with white gloves as the females are sporting short, black dresses, a matching feathery black headpiece, black tights, and varying colored high heels. A crowd of onlookers enjoy the performance from beneath the stage.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Chicago: Club Royale
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Chicago: Club Royale
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Photograph showing a production of Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1970
Date
1969 to 1971
Archival Collection
Description
On a wooden stage decorated with a metal structure that provides steps for the performers to stand on, entertainers perform the finale "New York-A Salute to Duke Ellington" of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. Standing in the center front of the stage is a male performer dressed in a prison inspired black and white striped costume that shows off his midriff and has white straps for arm sleeves. Surrounding the man are other various male and females also striking poses for the crowd. The other males are dressed in prison inspired orange and black striped costumes, while the females are either sporting one-shouldered, sparkling orange dresses with matching orange feather headpieces, or a two-piece costume made out of mesh covered in sparkling orange beading and with matching orange feather headpieces.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: New York-A Salute to Duke Ellington
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: New York-A Salute to Duke Ellington
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Photographs of scenes from Lido, Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1962
Date
1962 to 1963
Archival Collection
Description
Eleven scenes from the Lido production staged by Donn Arden at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1962-1963.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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Photograph of female dancers performing in the Lido de Paris, Paris, France, 1950-1959
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Female dancers wearing beaded gowns and tiaras performing in the Lido de Paris in Paris, France.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
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Photograph of female dancers performing in Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1950-1959
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Showgirls wearing sequined costumes with asymmetrical fur coats and cone-shaped hats with feathers performing in the Lido de Paris at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Show Name: Lido de Paris (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
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