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  Fifi D'Orsay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In a burst of creativity, she told the play's director she was from Paris, France where she had worked in the Follies Bèrgere.
For years, she kept alternating her appearances in film with continued performances in vaudeville and when age put an end to the glamour roles, she readily took jobs in television.
Fifi D'Orsay passed away from cancer at the age of 79 in Woodland Hills, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifi_D'Orsay   (309 words)

  
 Today in History: March 21
Legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., creator of the Ziegfeld Follies, was born on March 21, 1869, in Chicago, Illinois.
Soon known as the "Ziegfeld Follies," the revue was updated yearly until the Depression.
American Variety Stage, 1870-1920 features playbills from the Ziegfeld Follies of 1912, 1914, and 1919, as well as many other musical revues, along with playbills and playscripts from other forms of variety theater popular in the era.
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 Best Read Guide: Las Vegas: Showgirls: A Las Vegas tradition 11/25/99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lido and "Follies Ber-gere" often were dominated by foreign girls, who had to learn not only a modicum of English, but also American grooming habits, such as shaving.
"Minksy's Follies" is given credit as the first topless production show when it appeared at the Dunes in its opening year of 1957.
The "Texas Copa Girls" or "Pony Girls" were a line of 16 beauty queens from across Texas imported to entertain the big Texas money-men in the late '50s.
www.bestreadguide.com /lasvegas/stories/19981125/sho_showgirls.shtml   (649 words)

  
 Follies Bergere Tickets - Las Vegas Theater tickets available now - Broadway Theatre & Musical
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 Brain-Juice | Biography of W.C. Fields   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
By 1922, he had played the Follies Bergere in Paris, and performed for the King and Queen of England.
He had fathered an illegitimate son with a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl named Bessie Poole; although he never publicly admitted that the child was his, he again paid child-support for the rest of his life.
He also continued to drink, and his habit had grown to the point that his travels now required a separate trunk for his liquor.
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 Follies Bergere Tickets - Follies Bergere Theater Tour Schedule Show Tickets Broker
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 It's The Norm - folies bergere, follies bergere, follys beregere, Tuscany, Blasorchester Stadt Elmshorn, Honky Tonk ...
It's The Norm - folies bergere, follies bergere, follys beregere, Tuscany, Blasorchester Stadt Elmshorn, Honky Tonk Angels, Serendipity, The Punisher, Jay Leno, Neon Lights - Las Vegas Entertainment News
So, should you be on a budget but like fine dining, Tuscany's is the place to be.
Following dinner we were ushered into the showroom to take in the fantastic, historic Folies Bergere, which is celebrating its 45th year at the hotel..
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 FOLLIES BERGERE PLAQUE BY MAURICE PICAUD (PICO) - Antique Sculpture - Sheryls Art Deco Emporium at Directiques.com
FOLLIES BERGERE PLAQUE BY MAURICE PICAUD (PICO) - Antique Sculpture - Sheryls Art Deco Emporium at Directiques.com
This plaque is made of Gesso (plaster) and measures approx 26 inches square.
It is made from a cast which was taken from the entrance porch of the Follies Bergere Building in Paris in 1926, which depicts the dancer Nickolska.
www.directiques.com /InvDetail.asp?id=2449   (149 words)

  
 Movie Database - [TV Guide Online]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
FOLIES BERGERE is one of those rare films that was filmed in two languages during the same period by the same director.
Maurice Chevalier plays the lead in both versions, but in the French-language film (L'HOMME DES FOLIES BERGERE) Natalie Paley was Baroness Cassini, Mimi was played by Sim Viva, and the Folies Bergere chorus girls performed in their usual mode--topless.
Two remakes (with new locales) were inspired by FOLIES BERGERE: THAT NIGHT IN RIO (1941), with Don Ameche, Alice Faye, and Carmen Miranda, and ON THE RIVIERA (1951) with Danny Kaye.
online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=17079   (226 words)

  
 The Cockettes Nocturnal Dream Shows: Les Cockettes Folies des Paris
His graphics featured a Ziegfeld girl with a dick hidden in the folds of her skirt which promised the usual Cockette fare, only this time smothered in bernais sauce.
Although the follies show was au courant, it might as well have been July 14th in the year 1789, as the performance advertised became a cause celebre for Hibiscus and if there had been a Bastille to storm, he would have done so, high heels and all.
From a silent tableau of Garrance and Baptiste, to the recreation of the glamour of the Follies Bergere, the exquisite costumes and glittered headdresses will have you strutting down the Avenue Des Champs Elysees.
www.noehill.com /cockettes/paris.asp   (198 words)

  
 The Stranger - Columns - Savage Love - Savage Love
Follies has been playing at the Tropicana for 40 years, making it the longest-running showgirls production in Las Vegas.
An ex-Catholic school girl herself, Lisa grew up in Las Vegas and was a dancer in Follies for 18 years before becoming company manager a year and a half ago.
"In Follies you have to be topless, so this girl would definitely lose her inhibitions working here.
www.thestranger.com /seattle/SavageLove?oid=3051   (1012 words)

  
 Bar Tricks Free
The offer Lance decided to accept was a contract to appear in Las Vegas, at the Folies Bergere for eight weeks...
With this, not only had he become a world champion magician, but he was the first American and the youngest magician ever to achieve this significant award!
Lance Burton left the Follies Bergere to present his own show at the Hacienda Hotel and whilst continuing to win many prestigious awards in magic, was offered his own theatre in Las Vegas.
www.magicroom.co.uk /profiles2.htm   (443 words)

  
 Raz-Ma-Taz 1 - a Classic Painting by Richard Marquiss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This is one of Dick's earliest figure paintings dating back to his student days – 65 years or more ago.
He recalls that he was greatly impressed by the costumes worn by the Folie Bergere girls at the London Hippodrome.
Inspired, he made several drawings and paintings of which this is one.
www.marquisart.com /gallery_classical/RM27_razmataz1.htm   (146 words)

  
 Fifi D'Orsay - Northern Stars
As a child she dreamed of becoming an actress and when she was old enough travelled to New York to look for work in theatre.
She was cast to be in The Greenwich Village Follies after singing the novelty song, Yes!
Layering it on a bit, she the play's director she was from Paris and had experience with the famous Follies Bèrgere.
www.northernstars.ca /actorsdef/dorsay.html   (135 words)

  
 My Las Vegas Trip 2000: Day 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It was heading on late afternoon by now and we had spent many hours in this hotel and had purchased tickets for a 7:00 show that evening at our hotel.
The "Follies Bergere" show at the Tropicana hotel is a classic Las Vegas tradition and mainstay having a run of 41 years, which is really unheard of for almost any show.
We had great seats right up front and I was delighted to learn at the shows introduction that the theme was going to be "Women Through the 20th Century", a special Millennium season presentation (the show DOES change themes and acts each year perhaps leading to its longevity and appeal).
home.retropolis.net /vegas/vegas4.html   (1114 words)

  
 George Barbier, 1882-1932, Fashion Illustrator: Biography
For example, when Erte designed a tableaux "Gold" for Ziegfeld in New York, duplicate sets were made the next year for the Follies Bergere and theatres around the world, while Erte stayed at home in Paris receiving his commission several times over.
While critics agreed that the film was visually beautiful, it was not a great box office success.
Max Weldy, from his office and ateliers next door to the stage door at the Folies Bergere in the rue Savlnier controls the studios which furnish the entire world with revue, ballets, operettas, and musical comedies.
www.costumes.org /history/100pages/BARBIER.HTM   (2162 words)

  
 Folies Bergere Tickets Las Vegas Show Tickets - At Onlineseats
Folies Bergere, known the world over for gorgeous dancers is not just a show...
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 Newhouse Newspapers - October 1971 (exact date unknown)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
"Jesus Christ Superstar", which tells of the last seven days in the life of jesus of Nazareth in rock language, is sheer Follies Bergere with operatic overtones.
It is Radio City; Pop Culture gone crazy; A sincere idea and concept overblown to a theatrical distortion.
Perhaps this is why this musical seems so completely false, so commercially crass and so inept, even in the current pseudo Jesus Freak Syndrome as popular as it is. His musical never quite reaches comic book proportions and perhaps things would be better if it did.
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 Folies Bergere Las Vegas
The Tropicana Resort and Casino's famed Folies Bergere, the longest running production show in Las Vegas history, presents the all new "Best of the Folies Bergere...
The new "Best of the Folies Bergere" combines award winning production numbers from past Folies shows, along with spectacular new production sequences, dazzling costumes, scenery and showgirls.
The show carries on the tradition of the unique French look of the Folies with the increased presence of that quintessential Las Vegas symbol...
www.ottobre.com /shows/folies_bergere.htm   (98 words)

  
 Bergere Items   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Josephine Baker - Main Page
Baker over the years adopted 11 children which she called the "Rainbow Tribe" to prove to the world they could live in racial harmony.
Baker returned to the states in 1936 to star in the Ziegfeld Follies.
She was to become famous along with her "Banana Dance" routine she first performed at the Follies Bergere in 1925.
www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2jbakr1.htm   (378 words)

  
 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / Repetition Generale (Dress Rehearsal) aux Follies Bergere / 1893
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / Repetition Generale (Dress Rehearsal) aux Follies Bergere / 1893
This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world.
Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amico for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amico@luna-img.com.
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But it was the inspiration for one last great painting, A Bar at the Follies Bergere, painted in 1882.
Although he sketched at the follies, the painting itself was done in his studio where he hired an actrual barmaid to stand behind a marble-topped bar littered with bottles, fruit, glassware, and backed by a mirror in which he reflected the gay environment of the nightclub and even the face of the would-be viewer.
He could work on it for only short periods of time and even then the effort must have been excruciating.
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 Las Vegas Showgirls - Folies Bergere Las Vegas Entertainment Shows
“Folies Bergere” is the quintessential Las Vegas show.
When you think “Las Vegas show,” you immediately picture the glamorous “Folies Bergere.” The timeless musical extravaganza embodies the very essence of sexy, classic Las Vegas entertainment.
From the original award-winning Can-Can to the steamy new Latin Mambo numbers, “Folies Bergere” takes the traditional French-style revue to intoxicating new heights of excitement.
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 art glass bergere   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
ART DECO - FOLIES BERGERE 3 Folies Bergere Programmes Including 1926-27 Programme featuring Josephine...
18th-century French bergere, is endowed with naturalistic surface decoration...
Of all the producers of art glass during the final years of the 19th and early...
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 The Bent Brothers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
He went directly to Paris, where he vas engaged as special trombone soloist at the Follies Bergere, which was a new medium in this city.
After one season at the follies Bergere, he went to Hamburg, Germany, where he was engaged as soloist with the Hans Halle Orchestra.
When he arrived in Paris, he was told of a young trombonist who was playing at the Follies Bergere.
www.worldmilitarybands.com /bent_brothers2.htm   (7776 words)

  
 The Palm Springs Follies:  Golden Girls of a Golden Era by Linda Marie Singer
Palm Springs, Ca.: We all remember the hit television show “The Golden Girls” about four wacky roommates (Okay, Bea Arthur’s Dorothy was not wacky) that included their octogenarian mother, Sophia.
I know, it’s difficult to picture — women of “a certain age” cavorting like showgirls or pin-ups, but that’s what “The Palm Springs Follies” is offering to audiences of all ages: a physical and emotional elasticity of showgirls exuding admiration, razzle-dazzle, and open-mouthed wonder.
One of the most sensual is Natascha Ahlborn in her solo “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.” At 68, the German born performer has danced professionally at The Follies Bergere, and the Lido in Paris.
www.travel-watch.com /palmspringsfollies.htm   (737 words)

  
 LVLG: Brett's Vegas Views - Madonna, .38 Special, Peter Frampton, Folies Bergere, Follies Bergere, Gipsy Kings, Lord of ...
The band's most recent release was the "Rush in Rio" Triple Live CD and double DVD, the latter now more than three times platinum.
After 44 years, the Tropicana's legendary production show, "Folies Bergere," manages to remain a masterpiece and a true reminder of the type of Vegas production show that put the city on the entertainment map.
Prior to re-experiencing the "Folies Bergere," media recently were re-introduced to the marvelous intimate 76-seat Tuscany Italian Café at the Tropicana.
www.lasvegas-nv.com /brett/040404.htm   (1696 words)

  
 Grand Hotel/I Can't Learn This Song Quite So Quickly/Follies Bergere by Various Artists: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Grand Hotel/I Can't Learn This Song Quite So Quickly/Follies Bergere
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Grand Hotel/I Can't Learn This Song Quite So Quickly/Follies Bergere" on album Forbidden Broadway, Vols.
Check the albums tab for other downloads from Various Artists.
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 velvet hammer history
There was always something this side of scandalous when it came to the “burly-q” or “leg show.” It was the naughty illusion of sexuality and freedom, even offering social commentary in the process.
As legendary New York Times critic Brooks Atkinson exclaimed about the groundbreaking Minsky shows, “What the Follies Bergere is to Paris, the Minsky shows are to a lucky New York.” Ever the showmen, upon publication of that review, the Minsky brothers ran ads that read “Burlesque as you like — the poor man’s Follies!
And eighty years later, the Velvet Hammer maintains the tradition, revitalizing the art form of burlesque by remaining true to its initial process — entertainment.
www.velvethammerburlesque.com /history/history.html   (267 words)

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