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Road girl on stage: Back in the 1940s and '50s, Dorothy Lamour was the sarong-clad seductress in the Road pictures (inset) now she's in town to perform in Barefoot in The Park
Road girl on stage: Back in the 1940s and '50s, Dorothy Lamour was the sarong-clad seductress in the Road pictures (inset) now she's in town to perform in Barefoot in The Park

Road girl on stage: Back in the 1940s and '50s, Dorothy Lamour was the sarong-clad seductress in the Road pictures (inset) now she's in town to perform in Barefoot in The Park

Date3/14/1984
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0061131F
Barefoot in The park: Dorothy Lamour on the road again at the Teller's Cage, Commerce Court South until April 29
Barefoot in The park: Dorothy Lamour on the road again at the Teller's Cage, Commerce Court South until April 29
3/19/1984
Then, after dropping out of sight to raise a family during most of the 1940s and 50s, she suddenly popped up again in the early 60s as Josephine the P(...)
Then, after dropping out of sight to raise a family during most of the 1940s and 50s, she suddenly popped up again in the early 60s as Josephine the P(...)
9/20/1975
Favorites of the 1940s and 50s, actress-dancer Cyd Charisse and husband Tony Martin take over Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room tomorrow. They have bee(...)
Favorites of the 1940s and 50s, actress-dancer Cyd Charisse and husband Tony Martin take over Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room tomorrow. They have bee(...)
12/4/1973
Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
10/31/1991
Skating sweetheart of Canada in 1940s, Barbara Ann Scott King watches current stars at Granite Club after attending skating bursary fund dinner last night
Skating sweetheart of Canada in 1940s, Barbara Ann Scott King watches current stars at Granite Club after attending skating bursary fund dinner last night
5/6/1970
Figure-skating champion Nigel Stephens, who gained his laurels in the 1940s, has hung up his skates
Figure-skating champion Nigel Stephens, who gained his laurels in the 1940s, has hung up his skates
1/10/1968
Mexican-style cook Kathy Sortwell went with her Mexican husband to Puebla in the '50s and had a three-month immersion course in Spanish and cooking. Now she even pours chills on her Big Macs
Mexican-style cook Kathy Sortwell went with her Mexican husband to Puebla in the '50s and had a three-month immersion course in Spanish and cooking. Now she even pours chills on her Big Macs
9/18/1979
Ten-week-old son of glamourous Dorothy Lamour, John Ridgley Howard poses with his film star mother for this first family portrait
Ten-week-old son of glamourous Dorothy Lamour, John Ridgley Howard poses with his film star mother for this first family portrait
4/10/1946
Fancy feline: A strikingly clad dancer performs the Lion Dance yesterday in Riverdale Park as a young spectator gingerly tries to attract his attention with a stick
Fancy feline: A strikingly clad dancer performs the Lion Dance yesterday in Riverdale Park as a young spectator gingerly tries to attract his attention with a stick
8/4/1986
Sha Na Na keeps '50s alive. The touring rock 'n' roll revival show Sha Na Na made its regular pass through town at the Forum in Ontario Place last nig(...)
Sha Na Na keeps '50s alive. The touring rock 'n' roll revival show Sha Na Na made its regular pass through town at the Forum in Ontario Place last nig(...)
6/14/1984
Ali Macgraw: At 51, she's out of pictures and calls her stay in the Betty Ford Center the great gift of my grown-up life.
Ali Macgraw: At 51, she's out of pictures and calls her stay in the Betty Ford Center the great gift of my grown-up life.
4/12/1991
Surprise -- she's miss bikini, The winner of the Miss Bikini contest at the International Picnic Sunday on Centre Island is Marion Rose Stanford, 18, Story and pictures of the picnic are on page C1
Surprise -- she's miss bikini, The winner of the Miss Bikini contest at the International Picnic Sunday on Centre Island is Marion Rose Stanford, 18, Story and pictures of the picnic are on page C1
7/7/1974