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Dorothy Lamour, whose sarong-draped charms adorned many films of the late 1930s and '40s, especially the "road" pictures she made with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, died Sept. 22 at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 81.
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Dorothy Lamour is remembered as “the sarong girl” for the many roles for which she donned the garment, beginning with The Jungle Princess (1936) and running through Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942). Reference is made to her sarong in the seven popular “Road” pictures that she made with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope between 1940 and 1961.
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Best known for her roles in the Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Lamour, with her clingy sarongs, was a popular pin-up during World War II. In addition to her seven Road movies, which include Road to Zanzibar and Road to Morocco, Lamour's films include Typhoon and Duffy's Tavern. During World War II, she toured the country selling $300 million in United States War Bonds.
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"She was a lady of quality, beauty and class," Bob Hope, 93, noted last week of his onetime costar Dorothy Lamour, who died at 81 on Sept. 21. Wrapped in her trademark sarong for 1936's The Jungle Princess or conventionally clad for 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth, the sultry brunette was one of the '40s' most popular stars -- and a stellar saleswoman for war bonds. But it was her seven turns with Hope and Bing Crosby, from 1940's Road to Singapore to '62's The Road to Hong Kong, that made her, in her own words, "the happiest and highest-paid straight woman in the business."
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Carnival con men Bob Hope and Bing Crosby find themselves outswindled on a safari scheme by Dorothy Lamour and left to stew in some cannibals' pots in the second "Road" movie. Una Merkel, Eric Blore, Lionel Royce co-star. 92 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; radio broadcast shows; photo galleries; DVD-ROM content.
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As with Road to Rio, Hope and Crosby received a share in the profits, while Lamour received her Paramount salary. When the trio came to record the soundtrack album of the film, Lamour tried to negotiate for an equal share in the profits. When talks broke down, singer Peggy Lee was hired to sing Lamour's vocals.
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