Editing Arlene Dahl (section)

===MGM===
Dahl began working for MGM to play a supporting role in her first film, ''[[The Bride Goes Wild]]'' (1948), starring [[Van Johnson]] and [[June Allyson]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=2021-11-29 |title=Arlene Dahl, Actress in 'One Life to Live,' 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' Dies at 96 |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arlene-dahl-dead-one-life-to-live-lorenzo-lamas-1235121434/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> She remained there to play the female lead in the [[Red Skelton]] comedy ''[[A Southern Yankee]]'' (1948).<ref name=":0" />

[[Eagle-Lion]] hired her to star as the female lead in ''[[Reign of Terror (film)|Reign of Terror]]'' (1949). Then at MGM, she acted opposite [[Van Johnson]] in ''[[Scene of the Crime (1949 film)|Scene of the Crime]]'' (1949); Robert Taylor in ''[[Ambush (1950 film)|Ambush]]'' (1950); [[Joel McCrea]] in ''[[The Outriders (film)|The Outriders]]'' (1950); [[Fred Astaire]] and Skelton in ''[[Three Little Words (film)|Three Little Words]]'' (1950), playing [[Eileen Percy]]; and Skelton again in ''[[Watch the Birdie (1950 film)|Watch the Birdie]]'' (1950). Except for ''The Outriders'', all these movies were profitable for MGM.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Life Story of Arlene Dahl |magazine=[[Picture Show (magazine)|Picture Show]] |location=London |volume=60 |issue=1570 |page=12 |date=May 2, 1953}}</ref>

MGM gave Dahl the lead in several [[B movie]]s, such as ''[[Inside Straight (film)|Inside Straight]]'' (1951) and ''[[No Questions Asked (film)|No Questions Asked]]'' (1951), both of which flopped.<ref name="Mannix">{{cite book |title=Eddie Mannix ledger |location=Los Angeles |date=1962 |oclc=801258228}}</ref>