Slave Girl

Slave Girl (1947)

A caravan of thrills told with lusty laughter !

Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars.

Date of release
1947-07-17
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Adventure, Comedy
Director
Charles Lamont

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Leo Carrillo State Park

Slave Girl is a 1947 American Technicolor adventure comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Yvonne De Carlo and George Brent.

Production

The film was originally titled The Flame of Tripoli. It was announced in April 1946 with Yvonne De Carlo and George Brent attached, and was written and produced by the team of Michael Fessiner and Ernest Pagano, who had produced Frontier Gal with De Carlo. Dona Drake was to appear in the film but fell ill and was replaced by Lois Collier. The film's budget was $1.6 million.

Filming commenced on July 18, 1946. Parts of the film were shot in Paria Canyon and the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah.

By the time that the film was screened for preview audiences, Universal had merged with International and the film came under the supervision of William Dozier. The reception to preview screenings was negative, so Dozier inserted a title card featuring a camel that indicated that the film was to be a comedy. This was previewed to more positive response, so Dozier arranged for additional scenes involving the camel commenting on the action.

De Carlo was unhappy because several of her dances were removed from the final film. She also felt that Brent was too old for his part.

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