Hack notes that Hoover was romantically linked to actress Dorothy Lamour in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and that after Hoover's death, Lamour did not deny rumors that she had had an affair with Hoover in the years between her two marriages.

He played a Bible-reading pastor in the multi-story A Miracle Can Happen ( 1947 ), but his piece wound up being cut and replaced with another featuring Dorothy Lamour, and in this form the film was retitled as On Our Merry Way.

Prior to and between his first and second marriages Scott was romantically linked with several prominent film actresses, including Lupe Vélez, Sally Blane, Claire Trevor, and Dorothy Lamour.

Dorothy Lamour ( December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996 ) was an American film actress.

Lamour was of French Louisianan, Spanish and Irish descent.

According to Hoover's biographer Richard Hack, Hoover pursued Lamour romantically, but she was initially interested only in friendship with him.

During the World War II years, Lamour was among the most popular pinup girls among American servicemen, along with Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, and Veronica Lake.

Lamour was also largely responsible for starting up the war bond tours in which movie stars would travel the country selling U. S. government bonds to the public.

In 1995, the musical Swinging on a Star, a revue of songs written by Johnny Burke opened on Broadway and ran for three months ; Lamour was credited as a " special advisor ".

One of her best-remembered film appearances was in the variety musical Star Spangled Rhythm ( 1943 ), in which she sang a comic number, A Sweater, a Sarong, and a Peekaboo Bang, with fellow sex symbols Dorothy Lamour and Veronica Lake.

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Her association with the " sarong " dress designed for Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane made her well-known among the general public, although Head was a more restrained designer than either Banton or Adrian.

Burrows and Matt Brooks collaborated on the screenplay for the 1945 film, Ed Gardner's Duffy's Tavern, in which Archie ( with regulars Eddie and Finnegan ) was surrounded by a throng of Paramount Pictures stars playing themselves, including Robert Benchley, William Bendix, Eddie Bracken, Bing Crosby, Cass Daley, Brian Donlevy, Paulette Goddard, Betty Hutton, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Dorothy Lamour.

In France, there was Quai des Orfevres ( 1947 ), released in the United States as Jenny Lamour.

She was a Paramount starlet, but the studio apparently signed her mainly for her slight resemblance to Dorothy Lamour, as it was common then for studios to sign lookalikes in order to remind the stars in question that they easily could be replaced should their behavior become difficult or their box-office appeal begin to wane.

Dorothy Lamour is by far the actress most linked with the garment, which was designed by Edith Head.

In fact, Lamour was nicknamed " The Sarong Girl " by the press and even wore a sarong on occasion in more traditional films.

Britt was also a cousin to internationally known actress Dorothy Lamour.

He achieved success in 1937 when cast opposite another relative newcomer, Dorothy Lamour, in The Hurricane, which was written by James Norman Hall.

He was popular with the wealthy political and acting elite, including such persons as Ronald Reagan, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Barry Goldwater, the Vanderbilts, Fritz Lang, Barbara Hutton, Ray Milland, Debbie Reynolds, Sonja Henie, Billy Wilder, Dorothy Lamour, John D. Hertz, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Koster, William Perlberg, William Wyler, and Robert Taylor.

While appearing in The Two Bouquets, Morison was noticed by talent scouts from Paramount Pictures, who — at the time — were looking for exotic, dark-haired glamorous types similar to Dorothy Lamour, one of their star commodities.

During the 1930s, Merkel became a popular second lead in a number of films, usually playing the wisecracking best friend of the heroine, supporting actresses such as Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Loretta Young, and Dorothy Lamour.

By the 1930s, talkies brought in a range of powerful new draws: Miriam Hopkins, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, the Marx Brothers, Dorothy Lamour, Carole Lombard, Bing Crosby, the band leader Shep Fields and the famous Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel among them.

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James Stewart also stars as a mysterious clown who never removes his make-up, even between shows, while Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame play supporting roles.

* Dorothy Lamour as Phyllis

* 6 October 1989: Centenary gala with Charles Aznavour, Lauren Bacall, Ray Charles, Tony Curtis, Ella Fitzgerald, Gipsy Kings, Margaux Hemingway, Barbara Hendricks, Dorothy Lamour, Jerry Lewis, Jane Russel, Charles Trénet, Esther Williams.

The movie is the third of the " Road to …" films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, and also features Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake.

Hearing a woman singing, Jeff sneaks into the palace and see a lot of beautiful girls dancing for the beautiful Princess Shalmar ( Dorothy Lamour ) and singing to a very relaxed Orville.

* Dorothy Lamour ... Princess Shalmar

* " Constantly ", Dorothy Lamour

The East Side opened May 26, 1938, with The Big Broadcast of 1938, starring W. C. Fields and Dorothy Lamour.

The cast included Elizabeth Allen, Lee Marvin, Dorothy Lamour, and Cesar Romero.

Gilhooley also finally marries his longtime girlfriend, Miss Lafleur ( Dorothy Lamour ).

* Dorothy Lamour as Miss Lafleur, Gilhooley's sometime girlfriend

… set in 1859 in Pennsylvania, and follows the exploits of oil prospector Scott as he struggles against various varmints and vested interests out to wreck his business, and tries to keep his marriage to Irene Dunne intact, despite the tempting presence of saloon singer Dorothy Lamour.

Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film The Jungle Princess

* November 11-Road to Morocco, starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, premieres.

* Dorothy Lamour, actress and singer

Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Dorothy Lamour starred in a number of movie musicals and sang in many of her comedies and dramatic films as well.