Sunday, February 07, 2021

SHOWGIRLS #10


 

14 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Jubilee was the last of the

Parisian extravaganza style

of revues in Las Vegas that

followed Hallelujah Hollywood

at the Original MGM Grand

they were both by Donn Arden

Chic Silber said...


When it closed in 2016 at

the renamed Bally's Grand

it held the title of the

longest running show in

the history of Las Vegas

Roger Smith said...

We have to feel sorry for these girls. Long runs in Vegas, and they're still First Of Mays. They're not showgirls until they wear rainy day wardrobe on a mud show.

Charles Hanson said...

The above comment reminds me of something I read about Barbette...He was on a show or maybe visiting and after looking at some of the costumes......He asked, what are those? He was told, those are rainy day wardrobe. Supposedly, he said, "It has never rained that hard". Guess he was not too impressed with what he saw....

Tony Greiner said...

I sat in with the band at one of the revues in Las Vegas, about 1982. We were in a sort of balcony off to the side of the seating area. Descending from it was a circular staircase going to the stage.

At some point in the night, a couple of topless girls, with a lot of feathers if not much else walked by to get access to the staircase. Let's say I missed a few notes.

I later learned that the girls who went topless got an extra $25 a week.

Chic Silber said...


I was brought out during the original

installation of Hallelujah Hollywood

to reave some very intricate revolving

circular Austrian drapery rigging that

had been attempted a few times without

any semblance of success & undoing the

rats nest of cables was more difficult

than running it all correctly

Chic Silber said...


Fortunately I was brought back

several times during rehearsals

& from time to time during the

long run to inspect the stuff

& boy oh boy did I inspect

Chic Silber said...


That Barbette story of "Rainy Day"

is 1 of my all time favorites Charles

The version I heard was "could never"

Charles Hanson said...

Chic: Your version makes more sense....Thanks....

Chic Silber said...


Actually addressing an older clown it went

"My dear man, it could never rain that hard"

Roger Smith said...

Eddie Dullum recalled the story to me in his own inimitable way: Clyde Beatty bought decrepit Ringling wardrobe for rainy day wear. He brought Barbette over to school the famed Beattyettes, and the master was shown the Ringling remnants. He immediately ordered a roaring bonfire next to the wardrobe wagon, and piece by piece commanded, "INTO the fire!" Beatty protested he had just bought that stuff for rainy day wardrobe, and Barbette royally intoned, "My dear Mr. Beatty, it could never rain that hard."

For my money, Ma Dullum gets the prize for this one.

Charles Hanson said...

Thanks Roger...That was the article/story I read.....Would loved to have been a fly on the wall for that one....

BOBBY'S LITL BRO. said...

I WAS WORKING THE RAIL AT HALLELUJAH WITH JOHN HARTZELL ONE NIGHT AND THE 12 TOPLESS GIRLS CAME BY TO GET ON THE LIVING CURTAIN AND WOULD ALWAYS BE CLOSE AS THEY DID WHEN THEY GAD JUST CAME BY AND JOHN SAYS COME LOOK AT THE TITS ON THAT GIRL THERE IN THE BOOTH SECOND FROM THE LEFT !!!!!!!!!!! AND WE OF COURSE HAD TO ALL TAKE A LOOK .

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