Cinema: Visible Export

Diana Dors is the kind of girl that can happen anywhere—and sometimes does. What Marilyn Monroe is to the U.S., what Gina Lollobrigida is to Italy, what Martine Carol is to France, shapely, blue-eyed Diana Dors, 24, is to Great Britain. Diana is a platinum blonde whose indefinable chemistry and heady allure have been greeted with international enthusiasm. The blasé French have called her "ravis-sante." The Italians have sighed "Mama mia!" Even the British, ever fond of understatement, have referred to her as "Britain's best visible export." Not one to belittle herself, Diana, once carried away by the symmetry of her...

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