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Nightlife Bahamian number revision: correspondence, contract, budget, choreography notes, costume design drawings, photographic prints
Date
1992
Archival Collection
Description
Series IV. Professional work outside the United States: show production materials -- Europe, Mexico, and the Bahamas shows: production materials -- Princess Hotel Grand Bahama Island
Princess Hotel (Grand Bahamas)
Mixed Content
Hello, Hollywood Hello! at MGM Grand Hotel, Reno, Nevada: costume design drawings for dancer Leslie Bandy
Date
1977 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Folder from the Bill Campbell Costume Designs collection (MS-00588)
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Costume design drawing, topless showgirl with a red, orange, and yellow feather cape, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 dancing nudes (red, orange feathers)."
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in a jeweled g-string and a red, orange, and yellow feather headdress and cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Topless showgirl in a jeweled g-string and a red, orange, and yellow feather headdress and cape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Minstrel
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, Principal boy dancer (lavender shirt, darker pants), Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal boy dancer (lavender shirt, darker pants)." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Pax de luux baya."
Costume Details: Male dancer in lavender pants and lavender striped disco shirt.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Love songs
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Male dancer in lavender pants and lavender striped disco shirt.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Love songs
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, two-piece fuchsia and gold showgirl costume with long cape, Las Vegas, 1974
Date
1974
Archival Collection
Description
Costume design for Hallelujah Hollywood!, an MGM Grand Hotel production.
Costume Details: Two-piece fuchsia showgirl costume with bra-style top, long split skirt, decorated with gold jewels; with matching tall fuchsia headpiece decorated with black feathers, and long cape (or stole) with black lining with gold-jeweled border, and thick fuchsia fur trim.
Show Name: Hallelujah Hollywood!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Two-piece fuchsia showgirl costume with bra-style top, long split skirt, decorated with gold jewels; with matching tall fuchsia headpiece decorated with black feathers, and long cape (or stole) with black lining with gold-jeweled border, and thick fuchsia fur trim.
Show Name: Hallelujah Hollywood!
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, silver, bronze and white showgirl costume, Sun City, South Africa, circa 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
José Luis Viñas costume design. Water color, black ink on white art paper.
Costume Details: Silver, bronze and white jewelled showgirl costume comprised of bra-style top with beaded straps, mesh tights; matching beaded necklaces, earrings and bracelets and feather-trimmed cape; tall silver headpiece.
Show Name: Stars
Site Name: Sun City, South Africa
Costume Details: Silver, bronze and white jewelled showgirl costume comprised of bra-style top with beaded straps, mesh tights; matching beaded necklaces, earrings and bracelets and feather-trimmed cape; tall silver headpiece.
Show Name: Stars
Site Name: Sun City, South Africa
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Costume design drawing, front view of multicolored lace-up jumpsuit with halter top, Las Vegas, 1967
Date
1967
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Multicolor fluorescent jumpsuit with lace-up back and halter top and matching earrings made up of colored squares. Artist's notation: "4 Girls Finale, Dancers Front."
Show Name: Mad, Mod World
Performance Name: Finale
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Mad, Mod World
Performance Name: Finale
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawing, showgirls in pink and green stripes and green and white checkers, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980
Date
1980-06-05
Archival Collection
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #4") and "black girl dancer (pink and green "Elvis #5")" for two identical drawings.
Costume Details: Two showgirls in mini skirts and long sleeve tops, ankle socks, neck scarves, and hair bows. One dancer is wearing a green and pink striped top and the other is wearing a green and white checkered top.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Two showgirls in mini skirts and long sleeve tops, ankle socks, neck scarves, and hair bows. One dancer is wearing a green and pink striped top and the other is wearing a green and white checkered top.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino
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Costume design drawings, yellow, red, blue and black costumes with wild cat motifs, Las Vegas, 1984
Date
1984
Archival Collection
Description
Costume designs for Siegfried and Roy.
Costume Details: Baggy yellow trousers with oversized yellow tunic-style top with a lion head on front, oversized teal collar and cuffs and teal sash; black oversized knee-length tunic-style top with a tiger head on front, with yellow sash; both costumes have tasseled black slippers. Red robe with tiger and leopard motifs on the sleeves, tied with a gold tasseled rope belt, baggy red trousers knotted at the ankles; dark blue robe with a black panther motif on the left sleeve and side, tied with a gold tasseled rope belt, with black trousers and boots.
Show Name: Siegfried & Roy
Site Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
Costume Details: Baggy yellow trousers with oversized yellow tunic-style top with a lion head on front, oversized teal collar and cuffs and teal sash; black oversized knee-length tunic-style top with a tiger head on front, with yellow sash; both costumes have tasseled black slippers. Red robe with tiger and leopard motifs on the sleeves, tied with a gold tasseled rope belt, baggy red trousers knotted at the ankles; dark blue robe with a black panther motif on the left sleeve and side, tied with a gold tasseled rope belt, with black trousers and boots.
Show Name: Siegfried & Roy
Site Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino
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Hello, Hollywood Hello! at MGM Grand Hotel, Reno, Nevada: costume design drawings (folder 2 of 2), image 073
Date
1978
Archival Collection
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