$500
Rose, Billy. Archive of Cardini’s Billy Rose memorabilia. Including one menu, two programs, and two luggage labels for the Casino de Paree and the Casino de Paree revue, produced by Billy Rose. Cardini appears on one of the programs; the other, a pictorial souvenir program, features the nude women who made up the cast of Casino de Paree productions. 1930s. Condition generally good. Billy Rose developed an enviable reputation in the New York nightclub world of the 1930s as a producer of glamorous revue shows. While the main attraction was Parisian-style burlesque routines featuring an array of beautiful naked women, top flight variety acts, Cardini among them, worked in Rose’s shows as well.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
