Salome, Where She Danced

Director: Charles Lamont Charles Lamont

Overview

This campy little drama launched the career of B-girl Yvonne De Carlo. It is set during the Franco-Prussian war and chronicles the exploits of Salome, a beautiful Viennese dancer who falls for an American reporter and for him gets involved in cloak-and-dagger activities involving the Bismarck, before returning to Arizona with him. There, she uses her talent and abundant charms to inspire the lawless residents of his hometown to reform. They in turn, name the town after her. She then goes to San Francisco where she seduces and marries a wealthy Russian who builds her an opera house and gives her the happy life she had always craved.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/29/2017
UPC:	0889290604033
Original Release:	1945
Source:	Film Detective
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	47,687

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Yvonne DeCarlo	Anna Marie
Rod Cameron	Jim Steed
Albert Dekker	Count Erik Von Bohlen
David Bruce	Cleve Blunt
Walter Slezak	Col. Ivan Dimitrioff
Marjorie Rambeau	Madam Europe
J. Edward Bromberg	Prof. Max
Abner Biberman	Dr. Ling
John Litel	Gen. Robert E. Lee
Kurt Katch	Prince Otto von Bismarck
Arthur Hohl	Bartender
Nestor Paiva	Panatela
Gavin Muir	Henderson
Will Wright	Sheriff
Joe Haworth	Henry
Matt McHugh	Lafe
Jane Adams	Salome Girl
Barbara Bates	Salome Girl
Daun Kennedy	Salome Girl
Kathleen O'Malley	Salome Girl
Karen Randle	Salome Girl
Jean Trent	Salome Girl
Kerry Vaughn	Salome Girl
Jan Williams	Specialty
Doreen Tryden	Specialty
Bert Dole	Specialty
Emmett Casey	Specialty
Eddie Dunn	Lineman
Charles Wagenheim	Telegrapher
Gene Garrick	German Sergeant
George Cheseboro	Actor
Eric Feldary	Uhlan Sergeant
Sylvia Field	Maid
Dick Ryan	Theater Manager
Colin Campbell	Mate
George Sherwood	Bartender
Charles McAvoy	Policeman
Al Ferguson	Deputy
Alan Edwards	Bret Harte
George Leigh	Bayard Taylor
Ina Ownbey	Girl
Edmund Cobb	Stage Driver
Jimmy Lung	Chinese Guard
Jack Clifford	Messenger
Peter Seal	Russian Chasseur
Bud Osborne	Gambler
George Chesebro	Miner
George Morrell	Miner
Jasper Palmer	Cowhand
Hank Bell	Cowhand
Budd Buster	Desert Rat
Richard Alexander	Shotgun
Cecilia Callejo	Bar Girl

Technical Credits

Alexander Golitzen	Producer
Charles Lamont	Director

Editorial Reviews

An unintentional laughfest, Salome, Where She Danced is an amazingly bad movie, the kind of hopeless mess that is impossible to purposely come up with, no matter how hard latter day camp-meisters might try. Yes, despite the fact that it is truly a horror, Salome is a great deal of fun to experience -- and "experience" is the key word. Scenarist Laurence Stallings probably hung his head in shame over what he wrought, and with good reason, but bad movie mavens the world over love him for the totally implausible, "let's try anything" plot that he devised, as well as the overripe, tangy and tasty dialogue he forced upon the cast. Under the circumstances, no actors could overcome the material, but most of the cast is far from capable of even making that attempt -- which is all to the good in terms of a "good bad movie." Star Yvonne De Carlo looks fabulous and certainly has some alluring moves, but her acting is dreadful, hammy, obvious -- just what is called for. David Bruce is flat as can be, Rod Camerton is ridiculous, and Abner Biberman's Chinese-by-way-of-Scotland interpretation is simply indescribable. A glorious misfire, Salome is treat for cult movie fans.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler