Donn Arden (center) onstage with dance mistress Margaret Kelly (AKA Madame Bluebell), Lido owner Pierre-Louis Guérin and three dancers in costume during rehearsal at the Lido in Paris. 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)
Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), Frank Sennes and others with the Bluebell Girls at the Stardust Hotel Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Donn Arden, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and Pierre-Louis Guérin, seated in chairs at center, pose with dancers onstage during rehearsal at the Lido in Paris. Show Name: Cocorico (Lido: Paris, France) Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
From L-R: Lido owner Pierre-Louis Guérin, an unidentified man, René Fraday, Donn Arden (with coffee cup) and Margaret Kelly (AKA Madame Bluebell) watching rehearsals at the Lido in Paris.
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, 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)
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)
Donn Arden, René Fraday, Pierre Louis Guerin, Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), and two unidentified men dining at an after-show party at the Lido in Paris.
Show Name: Lido (Paris, France)
Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
From L-R: Margaret Kelly (Madame Bluebell), costume designer Louis Folco, an unidentified man holding up a card that reads "LIDO 1946-1956", Donn Arden, and Lido owner Pierre-Louis Guérin. Guérin is pouring champagne and the others are raising their glasses in a toast. Show Name: C'est Magnifique (Lido: Paris, France) Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)