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MGM Grand Hotel and Casino B-roll: video, 1984 April 13
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Scope and Contents
Cesar Chavez speaking at a strike picket line. Footage of damage in the bottom of an empty swimming pool. Behind the scenes and onstage footage of a show, probably Jubilee!. B-roll of people getting out of taxis and cars and entering the MGM Grand. Footage of police arresting people outside the MGM Grand, while others chant what sounds like, "NRA, no way." Interviews with people outside the MGM Grand about their reactions to the Jubilee! show. Original media U-matic S tape, color, frame size 720 x 486, aspect ratio 4 x 3.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Ffolliott "Fluff" LeCoque Papers
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Abstract
Collection is comprised of Ffolliott "Fluff" LeCoque's professional and personal papers (1879-2015), documenting her life and career working as a dancer and later as company manager for Las Vegas entertainment productions; most notably the long-running Jubilee! show produced by Donn Arden for the MGM Grand and Bally's Hotel-Casinos. Materials include personal letters, drawings, professional papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, magazines, commericially produced sheet music, and related ephemera.
Archival Collection
Cover of Las Vegan: The City Magazine, August 1981
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Archival Collection
Description
Donn Ardenn and two showgirls from "Jubilee!" on the cover of Las Vegan: The City Magazine in August 1981. Printed on the cover: "Don Arden's Jubilee The MGM Reopens in Grandeur / Private Schools on the rise / Frank Waters interviewed."
Show Name: Jubilee!
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