- Piper Laurie, Son of Ali Baba, 1951. Yes, yes, all together now: This is the one where Tony Curtis uttered the immortal line: Yonda lies da castle of my fadda… “Luckily, I lost that one, ” Lori told Mike Fitzgerald. “The one I didn’t want to do was Revenge of the Creature, 1954. Science-Fiction was considered bottom of the barrel in those days. Of course, that’s the picture I’m most remembered for !”
- Janet Leigh, Walking My Baby Back Home, 1953. “I fought hard for the role. Janet couldn’t dance at the time and I could. But she was a bigger name.”
- Jane Russell, Underwater! 1954. “Howard Hughes wanted me for the lead and he paid Universal a fortune. However, Jane Russell owed them a picture. They didn’t have a vehicle for her so they gave her my role and built in a little part for me.” Nobody remembered either – just Jayne Mansfield stealing… not the movie… but the (underwater) premiere in (for then) an itsy-bitsy bikini. The top fell off. Well, these things happen.
- .-Debra Paget, The Ten Commandments,1 954.
- Natalie Wood, Rebel Without A Cause, 1955. Among the many testing for veteran director Nicholas Ray. He was sleeping with two of them: Jayne Mansfield and Natalie.
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