Salome, Where She Danced

Salome, Where She Danced (1945)

She made guns grow cold...and hearts Burn Hot - as she set the West afire!

During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.

Date of release
1945-04-17
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Western, War, Drama, Music
Director
Charles Lamont

Casting

Interesting facts

Salome, Where She Danced is a 1945 American Technicolor Western drama film, directed by Charles Lamont and starring: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron and Walter Slezak. The film follows the adventures of a dancer in 19th-century Europe and the United States. It is loosely based on the story of Lola Montez. Choreography was by Lester Horton.

Production

The project had originally been connected to John Ford in 1941, but it was acquired by producer Walter Wanger. He envisaged it as "an Arabian nights story in a Western setting".

The film was loosely based on a short story inspired by the Arizona legend about a town, "Drinkmens Wells", which came to be known as "Salome, Where She Danced". The story was about a Mexican dance-hall performer called "Salome", who danced to hold the attention of a group of outlaws and give the law-abiding members of the town enough time to assemble and arm in protection of their homes.

Yvonne De Carlo had been under contract to Paramount Pictures and had been short-listed for important roles in The Story of Dr Wassell and Rainbow Island without actually being given them. She was cast in September 1944. Wanger later said he discovered her by looking at a camera test of another actor in which De Carlo also appeared.

The crew at Universal was set to shoot a wardrobe test for Ava Gardner on a sound stage at Universal. Gardner did not show, and art director Alexander Golitzen ran to producer Walter Wanger's office, asking: "Walter, what the hell is happening?" Wanger replied: "MGM just called, they wouldn't let her go." Yvonne De Carlo was in waiting room with her agent and Golitzen said: "Why don't we test her." Golitzen grabbed De Carlo and raced her to the w…

Filming took 64 days at a budget of almost $1.2 million.

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