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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since Dorothy Lamour appears in St. Louis Blues, its authors felt obliged to build the suspense around the question of when and how she would get into her inevitable sarong. She does it at night under a hay wagon. Typical shot: Raft's heir to the leading role, Lloyd Nolan, telling Miss Lamour how nice she looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: j. The New Pictures | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...life I've wanted to build a snow man," enthused the islander as he devoured a handful of sooty snow. "No more grass skirts for me! Dorethy Lamour's all the Hawaii I want. She's got plenty of that old Waikiki pizzazz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I Love It; It's So White," Says Lad From Hawaii at First Sight of Snow | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...side of a glacier, where it was crunched beneath icebergs like a toy boat in a studio tank. Even more characteristic of Western traditions are Spawn of the North's womenfolk: Louise Platt, the refined, ladylike girl who learns to love the ruggedness of it all, Dorothy Lamour, appearing in a turtleneck sweater instead of a sarong but with the same effect, as a tough tavern-keeper who will stick to George Raft through thick & thin, no matter what people think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 5, 1938 | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

Tropic Holiday (Paramount): standard slapstick musical comedy exhibiting Martha Raye and Bob Burns against a Mexican background and Dorothy Lamour, who wore a sarong in Her Jungle Love, Hurricane, wearing a serape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 7/11/1938 | See Source »

...Jungle Love (Paramount) is a penny thriller, featuring glistening Technicolor, toothy, slithering crocodiles and Dorothy Lamour. Untutored, enticing mistress of a tropical isle, Actress Lamour croons to stranded Airman Ray Milland in beguiling gibberish, learns in record time to sing about starlight and lovelight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

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