Want to know the best Dorothy Lamour movies? How about the worst Dorothy Lamour movies? Curious about Dorothy Lamour box office grosses or which Dorothy Lamour movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Dorothy Lamour movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remember for her “Road to” movies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Her IMDb page shows 74 acting credits from 1933-1987. This page will rank 52 Dorothy Lamour movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearances, shorts and uncredited roles were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by Søren.
Dorothy Lamour Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Dorothy Lamour movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Dorothy Lamour movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Dorothy Lamour movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Dorothy Lamour movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Dorothy Lamour movie received.
- Sort Dorothy Lamour movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR)Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Dorothy Lamour Table
- Twenty-six Dorothy Lamour movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 50.00% of her movies listed. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) was her biggest box office hit.
- An average Dorothy Lamour movie grossed $124.60 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 31 Dorothy Lamour movies are rated as good movies…or 59.61% of her movies. Road to Utopia (1945) is her highest rated movie while Pajama Party (1964) is her lowest rated movie.
- Eleven Dorothy Lamour movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 21.11% of her movies.
- Two Dorothy Lamour movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 3.84% of her movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 40.00. 33 Dorothy Lamour movies scored higher that average….or 63.46% of her movies. Road to Utopia (1945) got the the highest UMR Score while Pajama Party (1964) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Dorothy Lamour
1. Mary Leta Dorothy Kaumeyer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1914.
2. Dorothy Lamour ‘s parents’ marriage lasted only a few years. Her mother married for the second time to Clarence Lambour, whose surname Dorothy later adopted and modified as her stage name.
3. In 1931 Dorothy Lamour won the Miss New Orleans beauty contest.
4. Dorothy Lamour was discovered by orchestra leader Herbie Kay. Kay spotted her in performance at a Chicago talent show and hired her as a singer. This led to radio work, which then led her to a 7 year movie contract with Paramount Pictures.
5. According to Joel Hirschhorn’s Rating The Movie Stars book…..1947’s My Favorite Brunette was Dorothy Lamour’s best performance.
6. During World War II, Dorothy Lamour toured the country, selling in excess of $300 million worth of war bonds.
7. Dorothy Lamour was married twice. She had two children. Hollywood legend says she and J. Edgar Hoover were involved in a romantic relationship.
8. Dorothy Lamour’s nicknames were The Beautiful One, The Sarong Girl and Dottie.
9. Counting cameo roles she appeared in 12 movies with Bob Hope and 10 movies with Bing Crosby.
8. Check out Dorothy Lamour‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Dorothy Lamour appeared in sixteen color movies.
Judy was the Technicolor queen at MGM. Betty Grable was the Technicolor queen at Fox. And Dorothy Lamour was the Technicolor queen at Paramount.
Her first appearance in color was in Her Jungle Love in 1938.
She appeared in eight Technicolor films in the 1940’s, and two more in 1952 (Road to Bali & The Greatest Show on Earth) for a total of eleven during her prime. There were five later years color appearances.
The Greatest Show on Earth was her top color movie.
Hey John….good to know that Dorothy Lamour was the Technicolor queen at Paramount. 8 in the 1940s was impressive…especially since most of the early Road movies were in black and white. She was lovely in Greatest Show On Earth….and it might be her best color movie…but that is one of my least Best Picture Oscar winners ever! Thanks for the Lamour stats.
Another winner, Bruce.
Love her movies with Bob Hope.
Hope your trip to Alaska went well.
Hey Soren…had a great time in Alaska…..glad you found your requested Dorothy Lamour page..she and Hope made a great team.
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Lamour was very beautiful and glamorous and proved herself in comedies with that light touch. Of course she’ll always be associated with the Road movies. I thought it was sad when they were making the Road to Hong Kong, that Crosby wanted to drop her because she was considered too old. If it hadn’t have been for Hope she wouldn’t even have got the guest spot.
Strangely in the Donovan’s Reef, made a year after Hong Kong, she looked incredible. Just before Crosby died, there was talk about another Road movie, the fountain of youth, I wonder if she would have been considered for it.
When Crosby died in 1977, his funeral was by invitation only. Obviously Hope was invited but Lamour wasn’t even considered. At the time she took it really personal. Of course she was never at the same level of stardom as Hope and Crosby. But nevertheless she still had quite a good career and is fondly remembered by fans of the road movies.
Hey Chris….I have read some other websites and some of her avid fans think that the Road movies actually hurt her career. Not sure I buy that thinking….but it is interesting to know people are thinking that way. If it was not for her Road movies….not sure I would even be aware of her…as her other movies did not really register in my world.
I agree she looked good in Donovan’s Reef…..her Hong Kong part was very small….thinking her part would have been even smaller if they had made Fountain of Youth….and some even younger actress than Joan Collins would be the love interest.
That is strange that she did not get to go to Crosby’s funeral…..then again….Bob has said that the Hope/Crosby friendship was not as strong as the press thought….which makes you think the Crosby/Lamour might not even existed. Thanks for the comment and the visit.
Dorothy Lamour never made the Oracle of Bacon top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. This is the short version, only the people on the current list who appeared in a film with her. Rank is current.
Donovan’s Reef (1963) – 762 Jack Warden
Pajama Party (1964) – 807 Teri Garr
Road to Morocco (1942) – 681 Anthony Quinn
Road to Singapore (1940) – 681 Anthony Quinn
Swing High, Swing Low (1937) – 681 Anthony Quinn
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) – 247 Charlton Heston, 966 Kathleen Freeman
The Last Train from Madrid (1937) – 681 Anthony Quinn
The Phynx (1970) – 956 Larry Hankin
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) – 198 Dean Stockwell, 274 Bruce Dern, 807 Teri Garr
Dorothy appeared with 25 Oscar winners in films.
Chad Hanna (1940) – Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell
Dixie (1943) – Bing Crosby
Donovan’s Reef (1963) – John Wayne, Lee Marvin
Duffy’s Tavern (1945) – Barry Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby
Footlight Parade (1933) – James Cagney
Her Jungle Love (1938) – Ray Milland
My Favorite Brunette (1947) – Bing Crosby
On Our Merry Way (1948) – Henry Fonda, James Stewart
Road to Bali (1952) – Bing Crosby
Road to Morocco (1942) – Bing Crosby, Anthony Quinn
Road to Rio (1947) – Bing Crosby, Gale Sondergaard
Road to Singapore (1940) – Bing Crosby, Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn
Road to Utopia (1945) – Bing Crosby
Road to Zanzibar (1941) – Bing Crosby
Spawn of the North (1938) – Henry Fonda
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) – Bing Crosby, Ray Milland, Susan Hayward
The Fleet’s In (1942) – William Holden
The Girl from Manhattan (1948) – Charles Laughton
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) – Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Edmond O’Brien, Bing Crosby, Gloria Grahame
The Hurricane (1937) – Mary Astor, Thomas Mitchell
The Jungle Princess (1936) – Ray Milland
The Last Train from Madrid (1937) – Anthony Quinn
The Lucky Stiff (1949) – Claire Trevor
They Got Me Covered (1943) – Bing Crosby
Tropic Holiday (1938) – Ray Milland
Variety Girl (1947) – Burt Lancaster, Ray Milland, William Holden, Gary Cooper
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) – Broderick Crawford, Art Carney
Hey Dan….thanks for the two lists. The first thing that jumped out at me was Teri Garr in a movie that is 52 years old. The second is the fact that she worked with Quinn so many times. Third is the fact that Dern seems to be the only active actor on the list.
25 Oscar Winners is pretty impressive especially since she made so many movies at one studio. Crosby is all over that list. I did not include her movie with Cagney since IMDb listed it as a uncredited bit role.
Greatly appreciate your efforts in putting together your comments.
She was a beautiful and talented actress for sure. I loved her in the Road pictures. My favorite non Road movies would be The Hurricane and My Favorite Brunette. I would agree with your fact that Brunette was her best performance.
Hey Bergie….I agree she was very talented and very pretty. I have not seen either of the movies you mentioned….but My Favorite Brunette is high on my list of movies to watch. Especially since so many people are thinking that way.