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Dorothy Lamour: Stars
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During the World War II years, Dorothy Lamour was among the most popular pinup girls among American servicemen, along with Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, and Lana Turner. Lamour was ... largely responsible for starting up the war bond tours in which movie stars would travel the country selling war bonds for the US Government to the public. Lamour alone promoted the sale of over $21 million dollars worth of war bonds, and other stars promoted the sale of a billion more.
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Lamour's star image was, after a certain point, largely defined by her noteworthy contribution to the war effort. Lamour is said to have single-handedly sold over $300 million in US War Bonds, earning her the nickname “The Bond Bombshell”. For her efforts on this front, Lamour's star image was appended in numerous ways: she was now seen in light of her patriotism, which in wartime was no small matter. Her tirelessness in selling bonds could only be praised by the press, as indeed it was; her cheesecake factor ... skyrocketed as a direct consequence of her involvement with the war effort: soldiers made her their number-one pinup girl for several years running. Their nicknames for Lamour included “sweetheart of the fox hole”, “paratrooper pet”, “glider girl”, and “queen bee of the South Pacific Island”, among others (Parish, 343).
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Synopsis: Rainbow Island is a lavish Technicolor confection designed to show off the physical attributes of star Dorothy Lamour. This time Lamour is a white girl raised as native on a tropical isle. Barry Sullivan, Eddie Bracken and Gil Lamb play merchant-marine sailors hiding from Japanese troops on Read More
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While attending the Sophie B. Wright High School for Girls, she made good friends with future movie star Dorothy Lamour. The two Dorothys both pursued dreams of show business, and both developed good singing voices.
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A more prestigious sarong role came about in Goldwyn's The Hurricane (1937), wherein Lamour, ever the trouper, withstood tons of water being thrust upon her in the climactic tempest of the film's title. A major star by 1939, Lamour had developed enough onscreen self awareness to amusingly kid her image in St.
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