Introducing Dorothy Dandridge R

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 11, 2010
  • Originally Released: 1999
  • Label: Hbo Home Video

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Rating: 3/4 -- Coolidge and Berry have an obvious affection and passion for this movie trailblazer, and the film they have made is an accordingly respectful tribute. Full Review
TheMovieReport.com
Jan 8, 2005

Product Description:

The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American woman to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (for CARMEN JONES) is dramatized in this fine made-for-HBO film from director Coolidge (RAMBLING ROSE). Gorgeous Berry shines as Dandridge in a role she seems born to play. Dandridge's close relationship with her manager (Spiner) is examined, as is her affair with director Otto Preminger, along with her first marriage to dancer Harold Nicholas, with whom she gave birth to a mentally disabled daughter. Aside from her personal struggles, the film also demonstrates the rampant racism of 1950's Hollywood which she had to endure throughout her short career.

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  • UPC: 883929139545
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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