Editing Arlene Dahl (section)

===Adventure films===
[[File:Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas by Virgil Apger, 1954.jpg|thumb|Dahl and [[Fernando Lamas]], by Virgil Apger, 1954]]
Dahl was hired by [[Pine-Thomas Productions]] to a multi-picture contract. She was cast in ''[[Caribbean Gold]]'' (1952), a [[swashbuckler]] starring [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131644637 |title=Arlene Dahl: A beauty in three dimensions |newspaper=[[The World's News]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2699 |page=29 |date=September 12, 1953 |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref>

She went to [[Universal Pictures|Universal-International]] to co-star with [[Alan Ladd]] in a [[French Foreign Legion]] story, ''[[Desert Legion]]'' (1953); then Pine-Thomas used her again in ''[[Jamaica Run]]'' (1953) and ''[[Sangaree (film)|Sangaree]]'' (1953). The latter starred [[Fernando Lamas]], whom Dahl would marry.

She supported [[Bob Hope]] in the comedy ''[[Here Come the Girls (1953 film)|Here Come the Girls]]'' (1953). Dahl and Lamas reunited on ''[[The Diamond Queen (1953 film)|The Diamond Queen]]'' (1953) at Warner Bros.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roland Rival of Lamas |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=B9 |date=February 4, 1953}}</ref>

In 1953, Dahl played Roxanne on stage in a short-lived revival of ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' opposite [[Jose Ferrer]].

Dahl played the ambitious Carol Talbot in ''[[Woman's World (1954 film)|Woman's World]]'' (1954) at Fox, and she was [[Rock Hudson]]'s leading lady in Universal's adventure war film ''[[Bengal Brigade]]'' (1954).

She began writing a syndicated beauty [[column (periodical)|column]] in 1952,<ref name="People.01"/> and opened Arlene Dahl Enterprises in 1954, marketing cosmetics and designer lingerie.<ref name="TMCDb"/>

Dahl began appearing on television, including episodes of ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' (including a 1954 adaptation of ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', wherein she played Ilsa) and ''[[The Ford Television Theatre]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arlene Dahl Slated |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |page=SW19 |date=February 27, 1955}}</ref>

Dahl was both a mystery guest (April 25, 1954) and a panelist on the [[CBS]] game show ''[[What's My Line?]]''. In 1953, she hosted [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s anthology series ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]''.

John Payne and Dahl were reunited in a [[film noir]], ''[[Slightly Scarlet (1956 film)|Slightly Scarlet]]'' (1956), alongside [[Rhonda Fleming]], another red-haired star.

Dahl made some films in England for Columbia: ''[[Wicked as They Come]]'' (1956) and ''[[Fortune Is a Woman]]'' (1957). In 1957, she sued Columbia for $1&nbsp;million, saying the film's advertisements for ''Wicked as They Come'' were "lewd" and "degraded" her. A judge threw out the suit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Judge Throws Out Arlene Dahl's Suit |work=The Washington Post and Times-Herald |page=B15 |date=August 27, 1957}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Judge Says Arlene Dahl Looks Better on Film: Jurist, Hearing Her Suit Against Studio, Also Disagrees With Her 'Lewd' Charges |work=Los Angeles Times |page=2 |date=May 2, 1957}}</ref>

Dahl hosted the short-lived television series ''[[Opening Night (TV series)|Opening Night]]'' (1958) and had the female lead in the adventure movie ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1959), opposite [[James Mason]] and [[Pat Boone]]. She fainted from doing the whirlpool scene in the latter,<ref>{{cite news |title=Arlene Dahl Faints on Set |work=The New York Times |page=35 |date=August 25, 1959}}</ref> but it turned out to be one of her most successful films.