Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Director: Martha Coolidge Cast: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine
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- DVD Release Date: 02/08/2000
- Original Release: 1999
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- Sales Rank: 7,727
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Features
Closed Caption; Interactive menus; Cast and crew bios; Multiple languages and subtitle tracks; Scene selections
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Side #1 --
0. Chapters
1. "Introducing..." [7:24]
2. The Date [6:31]
3. Mrs. Harold Nicholas [8:56]
4. Lynn [5:13]
5. Earl Mills [16:19]
6. A Reading with Preminger [8:29]
7. Otto & Carmen [12:16]
8. A Colored Star [12:53]
9. The Academy Awards [11:16]
10. The Dennison Mistake [6:39]
11. "Don't let them look at me." [5:53]
12. Back on Track [8:23]
13. "I Got Rhythm"/Credits [5:05]
Editorial Reviews
Dorothy Dandridge was a singer, nightclub entertainer, and actress who became the first African-American woman to receive an Academy award nomination as Best Actress (for her standout performance in 1954's Carmen Jones; she lost to Grace Kelly). However, despite her striking beauty and obvious talent, Dandridge was a sexy, glamorous black femme fatale at a time when Hollywood pin-up queens were supposed to be giggly blondes. The film industry didn't know what to do with her, and while her nightclub act was a bit too smooth for the Southern roadhouse circuit, as a black performer she wasn't allowed to stay in many of the hotels and resorts where she performed. Dandridge also had a sad personal life, filled with tragedy and romantic disappointment, and she died of an overdose of pills in 1965, at the age of 41. This made-for-cable biographical drama stars Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge, supported by Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, and Klaus Maria Brandauer. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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