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Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge was an American actress and singer who broke barriers in Hollywood by becoming the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). She was also known for her roles in Porgy and Bess (1959) and Island in the Sun (1957). Dandridge faced racism and discrimination throughout her career, but she remains an icon in Hollywood history.
Titles credited to Dorothy Dandridge
Sun Valley Serenade
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 sho...
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Carmen Jones
The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe who is about to go to fl...
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Bright Road
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
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Island in the Sun
On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty...
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