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Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an actress and popular singer who was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Movies Starring Dorothy Dandridge (49)

Girl 27 (2007)

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped. ...

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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)

Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history of the genre. "Sassy" Sarah Vaughan appears along with her fellow pop-jazz queens, sultry Lena Horne, Ella "The First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald, gorgeous Doro ...

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The Harlem Renaissance (2004)

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenges many of the genre's artists faced when trying to gain recognition within conventional society. Included ...

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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)

Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and personal tragedy to become one of the most acclaimed performers of Hollywood's golden age. The film comb ...

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It's Black Entertainment (2002)

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured ...

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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)

The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biograp ...

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The Murder Men (1961)

Melodrama of the attempt to smash a drug ring and to promote a former addict singer's rehabilitation. ...

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Moment of Danger (1960)

Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crossed by the crook and heads off to Spain with an eye to getting even. ...

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Porgy and Bess (1959)

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, th ...

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The Decks Ran Red (1958)

A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind. ...

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Tamango (1958)

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown. ...

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Island in the Sun (1957)

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island. ...

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Carmen Jones (1954)

At an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War. ...

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Remains to Be Seen (1953)

A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn. ...

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Bright Road (1953)

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child. ...

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The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)

All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with important life decisions and their consequences. ...

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Tarzan's Peril (1951)

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe. ...

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Swingtime Jamboree (1946)

Compilation film of various African-American performers and acts. ...

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Pillow to Post (1945)

With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the ...

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Atlantic City (1944)

In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it can be "the playground of the world." Brad's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracti ...

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Since You Went Away (1944)

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters. ...

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Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)

When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to discover that Rick Farrell, the owner of Miracle Publishing Co., has claimed as his own the song she submitted to his company. One of the many films made at Rep ...

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Happy Go Lucky (1943)

A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo. ...

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Moo Cow Boogie (1943)

Stepin Fetchit introduces a band which plays several numbers, including "Cow Cow Boogie" and a swing version of "Rigoletto." Dorothy Dandridge appears in a Western number singing the aforementioned "Cow Cow Boogie. ...

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Lucky Jordan (1942)

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he does ...

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A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat (1942)

An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" while getting dressed up for a big date. ...

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Orchestra Wives (1942)

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the oth ...

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Blackbird Fantasy (1942)

A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Billy Mitchell. ...

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Drums of the Congo (1942)

A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle. ...

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Night in New Orleans (1942)

A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation. ...

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Cow-Cow Boogie (1942)

Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie". ...

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Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else. ...

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Paper Doll (1942)

In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, which then comes to life and dances for them. ...

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Bahama Passage (1941)

A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, descendant of many ancestors who have handled it over the years to the ...

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Yes, Indeed! (1941)

A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Four Spirits of Rhythm ...

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Sundown (1941)

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans. ...

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Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute. ...

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Jungle Jig (1941)

A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Cee Pee Johnson. ...

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Swing for Your Supper (1941)

Dorothy Dandridge sings, featuring Cee Pee Johnson on tom-toms. ...

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Lady from Louisiana (1941)

Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on ...

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Easy Street (1941)

Dorothy Dandridge performing "Easy Street". ...

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Lazybones (1941)

Hoagy Carmichael at the piano sings the title song (lyrics by Johnny Mercer). Dancing by Dorothy Dandridge and Peter Ray. ...

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Four Shall Die (1940)

Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to pursue a romance with reporter Bill Summers. Covey, determined to get at Helen's inheritance, vows to win h ...

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Irene (1940)

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly h ...

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Going Places (1938)

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for. ...

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Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938)

A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones ...

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It Can't Last Forever (1937)

Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-pr ...

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A Day at the Races (1937)

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he actually has a degree in veterinary medicine. ...

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Teacher's Beau (1935)

The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married. ...

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