>Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, better known as Dorothy Lamour, came to her famous name not by studio rechristening typical of the day, but by way of a poster typo. The first adjustments to her unforgettable name came courtesy of her divorced mother's brief marriage to one Clarence Lambour, whose surname she adopted. Years later, while touring Texas with bandleader Herbie Kay (who had hired AND married her) she noted a promotional poster had inadvertently dropped the "b" from her surname, and liking what she saw, decided to keep things that way.

>Like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Lamour already had a thriving career before appearing in her first Road picture. While singing onstage in New York in the mid-1930s, Lamour was spotted by popular vocalist Rudy Vallee, who secured better singing engagements for her as well as guest spots on his radio program. This exposure led to a screen test for Louis B. Mayer, and although Mayer did not sign Lamour to his studio (MGM), she did sign a contract to Paramount Pictures. She became a star playing exotic romantic leads in such films as The Jungle Princess (1936), Tropic Holiday (1938), and The Hurricane (1937), directed by John Ford.

>When Lamour literally begged Bob Hope to include her in the nonstop banter with Bing Crosby, he advised "Just twirl your sarong, you'll be all right."

>After filming a scene in which Bob and Bing splashed soapsuds on Lamour with perhaps a bit too much enthusiasm, "Dottie" was sufficiently infuriated to follow the boys into the commissary and dump an entire container of suds on their heads, effectively scuttling hours of shooting as Hope and Crosby were being dried out.