The Dottie Dee Dancers Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-2008) consists of black-and-white photographic reprints of the La Bard Dancers and the Dottie Dee Dancers at the El Rancho in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1920 (year approximate) to 1989 (year approximate)
Description
Evelyn Lewis, one of the dancers in Lou Walters' Latin Quarter Review. Handwritten on the back of photo "Evelyn Lewis one of the exquisite girls in Lou Walters' Latin QuarterReview."
Showgirl Linda Lawson, left, and another unidentified showgirl pose backstage with an unidentified man in costume at the Dunes Hotel n Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Dunes (hotel and casino)
A topless female dancer in showgirl costume with oversized ribbon train blows a kiss to male dancers in blue jackets, black trousers and white shirts with black bow ties. They pose in front of a stylized treble clef and curving piano keyboard set. Show Name: Panache (Lido: Paris, France) Site Name: Lido (Cabaret: Paris, France)
B-roll of the Aki, the Stardust showgirl whose likeness is on the side of a Western Pacific Airlines plane, poses on the wing. Video switches to inside McCarran Airport, where a small ceremony celebrating the plane's reveal, including dancers and singers from "Enter the Night", including Marva Scott. Stardust executives, showgirls, and others board the plane for its inagural flight. Showgirls, dancers, and singers from "Enter the Night" walk up and down the plane's aisle while information about them is read aloud. Next segment is interview with Aki who describes the feeling of having her likeness on the side of a plane. Next segment is interview with Jim Seagrave, Stardust executive, who describes how exciting it is to have a "flying billboard." Edward Beauvais, Western Airlines executive, shares his thoughts on the plane-sized billboard. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Stardust Resort and Casino Records
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Collection Number: MS-00515 Collection Name: Stardust Resort and Casino Records Box/Folder: Digital File 00, Box 035
The Dottie Dee Dancers Collection (approximately 1940-2002) is comprised of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting the career of Dorothy (Dalton) Tomlin who led a line of dancers known as the Dottie Dee Dancers. The dancers performed in nightclubs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other western cities. Other items in the collection include scans of the original costume drawings by Hollywood costume designer Lloyd Lambert that were created for the Dottie Dee Dancers, and the transcripts of a 2002 oral history of Dottie and her husband, Donald Tomlin.