Dorothy Lamour

[Joszka]

1937, Paramount promo pics.

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[Joszka]

Paramount promo pic, 1937.

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[Joszka]

"Her Jungle Love", George Archainbaud, 1938.
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Mon Film, nr. 16, 13-11 1946

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The Jungle Princess (1936)



The Hurricane (1937)



Spawn of the North (1938)



The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

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DONOVAN'S REEF (1963) offered a setting that was her familiar South Seas.

Even though she was nicknamed "The Beautiful One," I never was all that into Dorothy Lamour (and I didn't care about how her last name demanded for us to "love" her). Yeah, I saw her in a few of the Hope and Crosby "Road" pictures, but she just came across as part of the scenery. This was unfair, as I'm understanding now; not only have I not made myself aware of the times she put her acting chops on display elsewhere in her career, but Bing and Bob were freewheelers, and at one point she, known to have referred to herself as a "straight woman" in these films, had to practically beg to get her lines in.


In this publicity photo for ROAD TO SINGAPORE,
the lady was keeping up with the two out-of-
control stars; she thought of Bing Crosby as shy,
insecure and intoverted, and a man who was
hard to get-to-know.

For example, regarding 1940's Road to Singapore, the first of the "Road" movies, she reportedly commented: "I naively studied my script like crazy. When it came time, the ad-libs started flying every which way. I kept waiting for a cue which never came. In exasperation I said, 'Please, guys, when can I get my line in?'"

....
A celebrity spokeswoman for Chesterfield cigarettes in the 1940s, joined by her buddy Bob doing the same.
Note Bob's pitch was connected to MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947), illustrated by the publicity photo seen
last. This was one of the comedian's better films, where he gets mistaken for a private eye by Lamour, and
is asked to find her missing uncle; facing great villains as Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr., the hapless hero's
adventures will lead to a murder rap. At one point he says to Lamour: "I don't know how much more of this
I can take — you've had me in hot water so long I feel like a tea bag."

Dorothy was in all of the Road films, but in the sixth and last one, The Road to Hong Kong (1962), the part of the femme fatale went to Joan Collins.


Lamour (i.e., "Love") is never
having to say you're sarong.
(Photo by Herbert Dorfman.)

Ms. Lamour, aged seventeen, won a beauty contest in New Orleans in 1931. Of French, Irish and Spanish ancestry, she had a hint of the exotic, leading her to be cast in the successful The Jungle Princess (1936), the first of the "Tarzan-Crusoe-Gauguin-girl" (as an IMDb biographer nicely worded it) roles she came to be known for (another nickname: "The Sarong Girl").


Dorothy Lamour in THE HURRICANE (1937), with Jon Hall (first) and Mary Astor (second).

Originally Posted by berigan

Another time I have been shocked by some post code skin exposure. How often have you seen butt cheeks in a 1930's film? Then a film after the code was inforced??? From the 1937 film Hurricane. Wouldn't you love to see this part on a big screen??? Don't you know all the guys back then sat thru it a time or 3 to see it?

Berigan pointed out "nudity" in his Post #2 from
2010. (Photo above has been reworked.)

See four posts up where Joszka put up a nice medley of these appearances (mostly charming photos with a chimp), including from Her Jungle Love, 1938. Ms. Lamour was such a success in the 1936 movie, Mexican actress Margo (mother of the late Edward Albert, and the one who later was blacklisted by McCarthyites for her progressive views) was replaced by Lamour in The Hurricane.


First one was labeled as "circa 1945," and the next two were estimated to be from one year earlier.

Very interestingly, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover may have regarded "The Beautiful One" as the love of his life. As you may be aware, in recent decades, Hoover has been reduced to being thought of as a cross-dressing possible homosexual.



The reason why I am here is because working on other posts led me to dig up Pajama Party (1964), the fourth "beach party" film from American International Pictures, or A.I.P. (there were seven of these, and five "unofficial" ones later followed; here is VEF's thread for "Beach Party Girls").



Dorothy positively bowled me over..! She played a stuffy saleslady introducing the latest fashions, and then the young models broke out in dance, much to her pretend-chagrin. Her fine comic abilities were additionally made obvious. The lady was also a singer (her IMDb bio states that "She was one of the few film stars who was allowed to make records throughout her career," and additionally introduced a good number of songs on screen), and Ms. Lamour not only danced, but belted out this very catchy tune:

Wait a minute now, something's wrong
That kind of dancing just doesn't belong
In my day we never did it that way
In my day we we used to swing and sway
In my day we never did it this way
Where did I go wrong

Hold everything, I know that's wrong
Won't you tell me now what's going on
In my day we never did it that way
In my day we we used to swing and sway
In my day we never did it this way
Where did I go wrong

Stop this minute now that's all wrong
That's a party dress not a sarong
In my day we never did it that way
In my day the hula was the way...



I transcribed these words because I wanted you to get an idea of what great entertainment this number provided, and then I did something I've never done before (in case you wanted to get a real taste); I excerpted the clip, and made use of the friendly file host "Mediafire" (other members who provide clips keep using the unfriendly hosts for non-account holders, such as Rapidgator and Keep2share), and you can pick it up right here. Afterwards, I thought, you know, I bet this clip may have already been put up on YouTube, and a check resulted in this other link. So in case you decide on having a fun few minutes, you have a choice.


This dancer in the yellow dress looked sensational but she had an attitude and didn't seem to have her heart
in making the moves, compared with the others who went all out. Was I shocked to learn from the YouTube
link that this blonde was the adorable Teri Garr..!


The one from the first photo (in bikini) is the very sexy Toni Basil; her short VEF thread reveals how she took it all off in
a 1960s short film, what I give her great credit for. (See the fifteenth post by Member "Boyd" for the best views.) Another
reason to catch the provided scene is to be better aware of smokin' hot Susan Hart, whose dancing is steady and not furious.
She was singled out as the bombshell, perhaps because she was the apple of the eye of A.I.P. honcho Nicholson, as this post
of mine examined.




Dorothy Lamour's last screen appearance at the age of seventy-three was in Creepshow 2 (1987), which occupies a special place in my heart, mainly given Lois Chiles' decision to bare herself (but I liked the film, too). Ms. Lamour played the wife of George Kennedy (pictured above), victimized by his nephew and the nephew's lowlife pals; the couple's wooden Indian (Old Chief Wood'nhead) will hold a grudge. After retiring, Ms. Lamour went on for almost another decade, until she was claimed by a heart attack.



Circa 1945.














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