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Date Posted: 07:30:56 02/22/12 Wed
Author: Joe H.
Subject: "Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)" Denise Darcel died Dec. 23rd '11.

Re: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/112729/Tarzan-and-the-Slave-Girl/overview

"The people of a jungle village are suffering from a strange illness that is killing off the female population. The natives resort to kidnapping women from other regions -- including Jane (Vanessa Brown)*, the mate of Tarzan (Lex Barker). Never one to hold a grudge, Tarzan offers to deliver a serum that will wipe out the epidemic. Unfortunately, numerous unforeseen perils await Tarzan during his journey through the foliage. The "slave girl" of the title is played by Denise Darcel**, whose role as a nurse is secondary but decorative. An 8 X 10 glossy of the underdressed Darcel, her wrists shackled, clinging desperately to Lex Barker's bare legs, turned out to be one of the biggest-selling "pin-ups" of the 1950s. Not bad for a post-Weissmuller Tarzan flick, Tarzan and the Slave Girl falters only during an extended comic sequence involving Cheta the chimp and a bottle of booze. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi"

-* Back in the 1990s I found a double-feature poster for one of Venessa's movies at a local flea market and wrote her about it and she called to say hi and did send me an autographed picture to go in my collection.

** http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/movies/denise-darcel-sultry-french-actress-dies-at-87.html

"Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)" Denise Darcel died Dec. 23rd '11.

She was also in Combat! and The "Naked City" TV shows of the 1960s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Darcel

and:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201005/

- - Joe

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