Burlesque Bits

WHAT!!!!

They don’t jump 36 feet into the fucking sky do you know how terrifying that would be the human race wouldn’t have survived because we’d have all had heart attacks while still in Africa

Burlesque dancer Ronnie Bell - 1970

Bill Randall - "Jingles, Joy and Merri" - December 1954 Date Book Calendar Illustration - Kemper-Thomas Calendar Co. - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

Precisely poignant and perfect perception.

BURLESQUE IN 3-D: Producer Sidney W. Pink (considered the pioneer of 3-D movies, having produced more than 50 of them) took a 1947 PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation) film, “Linda Be Good”, shot some new footage in 3-D with some chorus girls, then released it as a “new” 3-D movie called “I Was a Burlesque Queen”.

Silver Slipper, March 22, 1971. The Ladies of Barry Ashton’s Wonderful World of Burlesque. Photos by Las Vegas News Bureau.

‘Bottoms Up’ This rare Prohibition Era cocktail recipe book, die-cut in the shape of a cocktail shaker, was published in the U.S. in 1928, at the height of the Prohibition Era, flaunting the ban on alcohol with cocktail recipes by famous silent film stars, vaudeville performers and musicians, including W. C. Fields, Fanny Brice, Florenz Ziegfield, Ted Lewis and George Gershwin.

Shortly after her “graduation”, Juanita would begin dancing at the upscale COLONY CLUB, operated by Barney’s brother: Abe. And assume her professional name: Candy Barr..

Elsa Lanchester, Maila Nurmi, Carolyn Jones, Yvonne De Carlo and Cassandra Peterson

Barry Ashton’s Wonderful World of Burlesque. No Cover. Stageful of Beautiful Girls. Showtimes: 10, 12:30, 2:45. Snapshot via Chad Kays.

Here’s a great bio of The Original Rhinestone Cowboy.