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Arlene Dahl (1925-2021) |
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- Celeste Holm, All About Eve, 1950.
- Elizabeth Taylor, Ivanhoe, 1952. Having (foolishly) quit Ben-Hur, Liz was not about to lose this one - opposite Metro’s other Taylor. Robert.
- Maureen O’Hara, Malaga (US: Fire Over Africa), 1953. Dahl tells (almost) all. “First choices were Lex (Barker) and I. But I was making another film at Paramount… and Lex had another film that he was doing with Sol Lesser. [Apparently, she didn’t like to say: Tarzan!] They didn’t want to wait for us.” (Not to mention that they had divorced in 1952). Errol Flynn and Indian actress Nimmi had been first been suggested for Van and Joanna. The final couple, O’Hara and MacDonald Carey, were previously teamed in Comanche Territory, 1949.
- Eva Marie Saint, The Sandpiper, 1965. Yearning for class, director Vincente Minnelli also pondered about Deborah Kerr.
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