Question:  Desert Legion is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Alan Ladd, Richard Conte and Arlene Dahl, an American actress and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star, who achieved notability during what years?

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Desert Legion: Desert Legion is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Alan Ladd, Richard Conte and Arlene Dahl.

Laraine Day: Laraine Day (October 13, 1920 – November 10, 2007) was an American actress and a former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star.  As a leading lady in her day, she was paired opposite major film stars including Lana Turner, Cary Grant, and John Wayne.

Istanbul (film): Istanbul is a 1957 American CinemaScope Technicolor film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers.  It is a remake of the film "Singapore" with the location of the action moved to Turkey.  The plot involves an American pilot who becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul.

Arlene Dahl: Arlene Carol Dahl (born August 11, 1925) is an American actress and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s.  She has three children, the eldest of whom is actor Lorenzo Lamas.

Captain Scarlett: Captain Scarlett is a 1953 American Technicolor Adventure film directed by Thomas Carr, that was shot in Mexico.  The film is set in France following the fall of Napoleon I, and stars Richard Greene playing the title role, a Robin Hood type avenger, and Brazilian actress Leonora Amar in her final screen role.

Female on the Beach: Female on the Beach is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Joan Crawford and Jeff Chandler in a story about a widow and her beach bum lover.  The screenplay by Robert Hill and Richard Alan Simmons was based on the play "The Besieged Heart" by Robert Hill.  The film was directed by Joseph Pevney and produced by Albert Zugsmith.

Back to God's Country (1953 film): Back to God's Country is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Rock Hudson, Marcia Henderson and Steve Cochran.

Shane (film): Shane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film from Paramount Pictures, noted for its landscape cinematography, editing, performances, and contributions to the genre.  The picture was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A. B. Guthrie Jr., based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer.  Its Oscar-winning cinematography was by Loyal Griggs.  "Shane" stars Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur in the last feature (and only color) film of her career.  The film also stars Van Heflin and features Brandon deWilde, Jack Palance, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook Jr., and Ben Johnson.

Yankee Pasha (film): Yankee Pasha is a 1954 American romantic adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney starring Jeff Chandler and Rhonda Fleming.  The film is based on the book titled "Yankee Pasha" by Edison Marshall (1947).

Congo Crossing: Congo Crossing is a 1956 American Technicolor film noir adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo and George Nader.  Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

Supporting paragraphs: Desert Legion Arlene Dahl
Answer: the 1950s