BEHIND THE SCENES

making of the documentary

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Dondino Cindy performing

Tommy, Marilyn and Dondino westgate suites 2

Terry Ritter and Dondino filming of Showgirl documentary

Dondino Cindy performing

Dondino, Cindy Rizzo Folies dancers

Maynard Sloate,David Siegel, Dondino

Cindy dancing

Dondino, Cindy, Michael Pratt

Las Vegas Folies dancers

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Lido cast, Paris, France, say their farewells to Jubilee Showgirl sisters and cast for their final show in Las Vegas; Lindsey Raven (blonde hair,black pants,flower print blouse) past Bluebell dancer/Jubilee/Vegas, now living in Rome, Italy, traveled to Paris to host the farewell interviews with the wonderful cast and management of the Lido production in Paris. Lindsey and her husband Sergio are the founders of Showbizfriends.com and have been a tremendous support for "Cowgirl to Showgirl, Just Like That" documentary.

Dondino and Rosa Lowinger

Dondino on set in LA with Rosa Lowinger, author Tropicana Nights

Rosa Lowinger was born in Havana and grew up in Miami. A writer and art conservator, she first visited Tropicana in 1998 and, as she put it, was "struck dumb": by its beauty. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.

"Tropicana is to Cuba what the Bolshot is to Russia, the Moulin Rouge to Paris, or the Blue Note to New York: an enduring cultural mecca. Part casino and part cabaret, it was all Cuban-the only nighclub owned and run by Cubans rather than by the American mob.

Nat "King" Cole, Liberace, Josephine Baker, and Carmen Miranda performed there before audiences that included Ernest Hemingway, Marlon Brando, and Joan Crawford. Tropicana Nights not only brings back the days and nights of the club's greatest glory, when it was the brightest jewel in 1950s Havana nightlife, but also vividly portrays the cultural richness and rolling social problems of pre-Revolutionary Cuba.