Dorothy Dandridge Movies

List of the best Dorothy Dandridge movies: Carmen Jones(1954), Bright Road(1953), The Decks Ran Red(1958), Porgy and Bess(1959), Tamango(1958), Island in the Sun(1957), Lady From Louisiana(1941) ... ...

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Carmen Jones

Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

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Bright Road

Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies' Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that year's Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation... See full summary »

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The Decks Ran Red

The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.

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Porgy and Bess

A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.

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Tamango

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

Set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island, this drama deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.

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Lady From Louisiana

In the 1890s, a Northern lawyer goes to New Orleans to aid the local reform league in their fight against the crooked lottery run by a Southern ex-general and his beautiful daughter.

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