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Nach dem Krieg geriet Dorothy Lamours Filmkarriere ins Stocken. Das Studio versuchte, 1948 Lamour in als film-noir Heldin neben Sterling Hayden in Manhandled zu präsentieren, doch auch der Slogan You've never seen a Lamour like this lockte die Zuschauer nicht in Kino. Sie trat 1952 zum letzten Mal in einem Road-Film auf, diesmal ging es nach Bali, und zog sich danach ins Privatleben zurück.
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Lamour's film career petered out in the early 1950's and she began a new career as a nightclub entertainer and occasional stage actress. In the 1960's she returned to the screen for secondary roles in three films and became more active in the legitimate theater, headlining a road company of Hello Dolly! for over a year near the end of the decade.
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Synopsis: Typhoon was Paramount's answer to Samuel Goldwyn's The Hurricane, even utilizing the same leading lady, Dorothy Lamour. The film is set in a small island off Dutch Guinea. Two sailors (Robert Preston and Lynne Overman) make the acquaintance of a young white girl (Lamour) who has been living on theRead More
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Promotional glossies for The Jungle Princess show Lamour (at all times wrapped in a revealing sarong) in the company of Gogo, or a bare-chested, turban-clad 'native' character. One magazine piece circa 1936 shows Lamour posing with a tiger, her legs all but entirely revealed were it not for the the sarong. The text reads, in part, “'The Girl of the Jungle' [a reference to one of the tentative titles given to Lamour's breakthrough film] is Dorothy Lamour and many a lad will yearn to protect her in her home in the wilds” (WCFTR clipping file: Lamour).
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