The Tropicana Holiday

The Tropicana Holiday is a striptease revue starring Jayne Mansfield. It was launched in February 1958 under a four weeks contract which was extended to eight.^[1][2][3] The opening night raised $20,000.00 for March of Dimes ($164,314 in 2016 dollars^[4]). Mansfield received $25,000.00 per week for her performance as Trixie Divoon in the show ($205,392 in 2016 dollars^[4]).^[5][6][7] The show was produced by Monte Proser and stage managed by Earl Barton. Nat Brandwynne and Orchestra played to original music by Gordon Jenkins. Glen Holse designed the set.^[8] Mansfield's last nightclub act French Dressing was at Latin Quarter in New York City in 1966.^[9] It was a modified version of the Tropicana show, and ran for six weeks with fair success.^[10]

References

• Strait, Raymond (1992). Here They Are Jayne Mansfield. New York: S.P.I. Books. ISBN 978-1-56171-146-8. 
• Weatherford, Mike (2001). Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! The Wildest! The Swingin'est Town on Earth!. Huntington Press Inc. ISBN 9780929712710. 
• Faris, Jocelyn (November 1994). Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28544-8. 

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