Presenting historical images that celebrate the Golden Age of Burlesque and Striptease..
Evelyn West poses with the policy she took out with Lloyd’s Of London, insuring her breasts for $50,000.. A publicity stunt that allowed her to use “the $50,000 Treasure Chest” tag, in all of her subsequent Burlesque appearance promotions..
Tempest Storm
Nejla Ates
Hoisted aloft by onstage revellers at the ‘Latin Quarter’ nightclub in NYC; sometime in the 1950’s..
Nejla Ates takes a break with actor Vincent Price, during the filming of Howard Hughes’ 1955 film: ‘Son Of Sinbad’.. Nejla played a dancer in the marketplace that briefly distracts Price’s character (“Omar Khayyam”) from his search for Sinbad..
BURLESQUE RETURNS TO BOSTON!
Looking not unlike a character from a Martin Scorsese film,— entrepreneur Joe Savino poses proudly in front of his ‘PILGRIM Theatre’ in Boston.. In July of ‘73, Savino staged an old-style Burlesque show there; complete with chorus girls, fan dancers, comedians, and a live orchestra.. Liz Renay would headline the inaugural Striptease performances..
TEMPEST Applies For MILLION DOLLAR Body Insurance!
An AP wire photo from December of 1954 features Tempest posing with a tabletop of prop money bags..The photo was taken at a Hollywood press conference to publicize her recent application with Lloyd’s of London, insuring her body for $1,000,000..
Sherry Britton
A press photo (complete with editorial crop marks) from September 11 - ‘60 features Sherry posing (as “Miss Adelaide”) alongside fellow actor: Joey Adams (as “Nathan Detroit”).. The pair were scheduled to appear in a staging of: “GUYS And DOLLS” ; opening at the ‘Painter’s Mill Theatre’, in Baltimore..
A vintage UPI press photo from late-March 1978, features Marilyn Marshall posing in front of Philadelphia’s legendary ‘TROC Theatre’.. She was set to perform there, as part of a show that would be a celebratory nod to the venue’s rich Burlesque past.. The building would be remodeled shortly thereafter, and re-open as a Chinese movie house..
Dolores Greene
Vintage promo photo dated from October of ‘31.. Dolores was a Feature dancer in the popular “Facts and Figures” show which played at the ‘STAR And GARTER Theatre’ in downtown Chicago..
