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Jerry Jackson Papers
Identifier
MS-00573
Abstract
The Jerry Jackson Papers, 1953 to 2009, contain materials related to Jackson's career in entertainment as a director, producer, choreographer, writer, lyricist, and costume designer. Jackson's work on
Archival Collection
Costume design drawing, Spanish dance couples, Las Vegas, circa 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Costume Details: Two couples in rust and peach-colored flamenco costumes. Women are in beaded long silk dresses, men in boleros trimmed with jewels, frilled shirts and high-waisted trousers; one woman has fox fur trim on her dress and is wearing a tiara-type headpiece, all the others are wearing felt hats. Notations on back of sketch: "Danseurs Espagnols. Opening: Femme - Robe en faille recouverte en strass, chapeau et boucles d'orielles. Homme - Pantalon et gilets alpaga marron, chemise avec jabot dentelle. Reuers veste et garniture en strass - chapeau feutre. Finale: Robe en satin brodee de strass - Renard beige - boucles - peignes - bracelets - et boules pendantes en strass. Boy: Pantalon en alpaga - gilet satin - garnitures en strass - chapeau beige feutre."
Show Name: Casino de Paris
Performance Name: Finale
Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
Show Name: Casino de Paris
Performance Name: Finale
Site Name: Dunes (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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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 golden stairs and a pink curtain, entertainers perform Act 2: "Hollywood and All That Jazz" of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. Standing at the center front of the stage, a man dressed in a glittering pink and gold tuxedo sings to the watching crowd below him. Female performers dressed in various costumes stand scattered around the man. The women posing on the floor and staircase are dressed in a varying array of costumes, sporting everything from sparkling silver two piece costumes to elaborate gold headdresses.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz
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