Post #605519 by martian-tiki on Mon, Sep 5, 2011 12:51 AM

On 2011-03-13 15:18, thejab wrote:
From PLUSH, November 1959

On 2011-03-13 19:44, bigbrotiki wrote:
"One night she did an impromptu strip at the Aloha Club -and there she stayed - as a stripper."

Yeah right, a likely story! :D
After our TC eyes have been sensitized by the extensive Frank Bowers research on this site:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=34053&forum=1&start=0

...we could not fail but notice his characteristic brush work in the background, and did not hesitate to identify the true location as being the Zamboanga, home to Bowers' most famous mural of them all:

(also found on page 144 of Tiki Modern)

It looks like Dee's cymbals...

...are replacing the gong that hung on the left side of the stage:

And it seems she is striking a similar pose than the three native basket bearers behind her.
Nice work, Dee!

Cabaret
volume 2 number 11
march 1957
http://martiantiki.com/cabaret-v2n11/

The reason I bought this issue was for the cover model Judy Bamber. She is best known for her film career in such classic movies as "the Atomic Brain" and "a Bucket of Blood."
She was also in the tv series "Hawaiian Eye"

This is an article on the Zamboanga club and its lead dancer Dee Evil. Obviously the photos are from the same source as the posts a few pages back - though clearly the Cabaret article is vastly more factual.