![Dorothy Dandridge](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/g2T4W7cfTx5sdZx9pTvVO43iagr.jpg)
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.
In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She is the subject of the 1999 biographical film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry portraying her. She has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 11.217 |
Birthday | 1922-11-09 |
Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As |
![Porgy and Bess](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/g4zwlj8bgRYsUoF0VEwPEgldCvn.jpg)
1959
![Porgy and Bess](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/g4zwlj8bgRYsUoF0VEwPEgldCvn.jpg)
Porgy and Bess
6.4/21
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the stor...
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Porgy and Bess
![Island in the Sun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gMFsrWYtd51bjg3pmOD5F19NVuT.jpg)
1957
![Island in the Sun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gMFsrWYtd51bjg3pmOD5F19NVuT.jpg)
Island in the Sun
6.5/17
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 con...
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Island in the Sun
![Sun Valley Serenade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6N7NMzb1iWEtb5NhLT622EKK5ht.jpg)
1941
![Sun Valley Serenade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6N7NMzb1iWEtb5NhLT622EKK5ht.jpg)
Sun Valley Serenade
6.761/22
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...
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Sun Valley Serenade
![Carmen Jones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5Vo4NeE7dlXBUaikbGnUOmUNHJ3.jpg)
1954
![Carmen Jones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5Vo4NeE7dlXBUaikbGnUOmUNHJ3.jpg)
Carmen Jones
6/76
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 an...
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Carmen Jones
![Bahama Passage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5efownzdXHTtwXJ9VvTrRKCg1ZE.jpg)
1941
![Bahama Passage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5efownzdXHTtwXJ9VvTrRKCg1ZE.jpg)
Bahama Passage
6/1
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...
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Bahama Passage
![Bright Road](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/QeFChSNW5Rtn1Hj1gFWOkgTlr6.jpg)
1953
![Bright Road](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/QeFChSNW5Rtn1Hj1gFWOkgTlr6.jpg)
Bright Road
6.3/9
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
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Bright Road
![Tamango](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/smElO8uPQiOtzhS9NoMQ1HpgpQE.jpg)
1958
![Tamango](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/smElO8uPQiOtzhS9NoMQ1HpgpQE.jpg)
Tamango
6.4/6
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 mistr...
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Tamango
![The Decks Ran Red](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wv8G3cA8f3BndT8D1vtwzaMW05q.jpg)
1958
![The Decks Ran Red](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wv8G3cA8f3BndT8D1vtwzaMW05q.jpg)
The Decks Ran Red
6.375/12
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
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The Decks Ran Red
![Lazybones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/18PM8L87MaUm5JYpdn1qW9VtFH7.jpg)
1941
![Lazybones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/18PM8L87MaUm5JYpdn1qW9VtFH7.jpg)
Lazybones
0/0
Hoagy Carmichael at the piano sings the title song (lyrics by Johnny Mercer). Dancing by Dorothy Dandridge and Peter Ray.
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Lazybones
![Drums of the Congo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jbWYHFtIpcEBPJHrS3f3lhpQY9C.jpg)
1942
![Drums of the Congo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jbWYHFtIpcEBPJHrS3f3lhpQY9C.jpg)
Drums of the Congo
0/0
A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
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Drums of the Congo
![Moment of Danger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bbQ1dlD3Vnw6pLLm2mOdNrAbAWk.jpg)
1960
![Moment of Danger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bbQ1dlD3Vnw6pLLm2mOdNrAbAWk.jpg)
Moment of Danger
0/0
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...
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Moment of Danger
![Remains to Be Seen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ucDa0o5wode4ksMhUP1bx0ggJR7.jpg)
1953
![Remains to Be Seen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ucDa0o5wode4ksMhUP1bx0ggJR7.jpg)
Remains to Be Seen
5.7/3
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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Remains to Be Seen
![Lady from Louisiana](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7iK1OgJxdH91Nx8QycJkfNCAuAM.jpg)
1941
![Lady from Louisiana](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7iK1OgJxdH91Nx8QycJkfNCAuAM.jpg)
Lady from Louisiana
5.2/14
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 Mir...
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Lady from Louisiana
![Sundown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4R2c2fp9wULd5W57myi3hUy5mKi.jpg)
1941
![Sundown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4R2c2fp9wULd5W57myi3hUy5mKi.jpg)
Sundown
5.4/21
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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Sundown
![Going Places](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/Abn0bnh1Zgk44MkKGeClDrsMQX7.jpg)
1938
![Going Places](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/Abn0bnh1Zgk44MkKGeClDrsMQX7.jpg)
Going Places
6/4
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
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Going Places
![Ride 'Em Cowboy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6S2ijGwVcomOMml4YkHuNDU14WR.jpg)
1942
![Ride 'Em Cowboy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6S2ijGwVcomOMml4YkHuNDU14WR.jpg)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
5.826/23
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 ra...
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
![Snow Gets in Your Eyes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uAea3c6Vx6BByQbM5SxXFWa6CHJ.jpg)
1938
![Snow Gets in Your Eyes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uAea3c6Vx6BByQbM5SxXFWa6CHJ.jpg)
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
6/2
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 sto...
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Snow Gets in Your Eyes
![Hit Parade of 1943](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sML9sHatQesOqlc0z3JmMf0y33j.jpg)
1943
![Hit Parade of 1943](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sML9sHatQesOqlc0z3JmMf0y33j.jpg)
Hit Parade of 1943
4.8/5
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 Publi...
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Hit Parade of 1943
![Atlantic City](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2D5zFEq1eYHlCXxFyCh81u5GCpM.jpg)
1944
![Atlantic City](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2D5zFEq1eYHlCXxFyCh81u5GCpM.jpg)
Atlantic City
5/2
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...
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Atlantic City
![Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ja4lpxAFxSuX5jNIdoUtXTwYDjN.jpg)
2001
![Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ja4lpxAFxSuX5jNIdoUtXTwYDjN.jpg)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
8/1
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...
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
![Four Shall Die](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mQybXVrkwDSTFZZgXf54hREFQhG.jpg)
1940
![Four Shall Die](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mQybXVrkwDSTFZZgXf54hREFQhG.jpg)
Four Shall Die
0/0
Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her relationship with the unscrupulous Lew Covey to p...
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Four Shall Die
![Tarzan's Peril](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jU3oP47JD2qGCzxL3YtUlkB7umA.jpg)
1951
![Tarzan's Peril](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jU3oP47JD2qGCzxL3YtUlkB7umA.jpg)
Tarzan's Peril
5.2/10
Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.
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Tarzan's Peril
![The Harlem Globetrotters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rNsX9zLtIc9XWKUZFhJiEp1XNQZ.jpg)
1951
![The Harlem Globetrotters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rNsX9zLtIc9XWKUZFhJiEp1XNQZ.jpg)
The Harlem Globetrotters
5/5
All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional team. Billy struggles with impo...
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The Harlem Globetrotters
![Since You Went Away](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vRwn4Yrf4O8LbP7gy9Bzh0hKbjW.jpg)
1944
![Since You Went Away](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vRwn4Yrf4O8LbP7gy9Bzh0hKbjW.jpg)
Since You Went Away
6.386/44
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make en...
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Since You Went Away
![Irene](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/WAyL4ZHgZvkdytf4mIHvOS5oGv.jpg)
1940
![Irene](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/WAyL4ZHgZvkdytf4mIHvOS5oGv.jpg)
Irene
6/6
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charm...
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Irene
![Easy Street](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1941
![Easy Street](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Easy Street
0/0
Dorothy Dandridge performing "Easy Street".
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Easy Street
![Pillow to Post](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/AejWOpc3vZIwwd5xuCSp5xzTnEJ.jpg)
1945
![Pillow to Post](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/AejWOpc3vZIwwd5xuCSp5xzTnEJ.jpg)
Pillow to Post
5.5/10
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. S...
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Pillow to Post
![Cow-Cow Boogie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/suBR6QHA7QSrFid2NH0Su7d8R6E.jpg)
1942
![Cow-Cow Boogie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/suBR6QHA7QSrFid2NH0Su7d8R6E.jpg)
Cow-Cow Boogie
5/4
Dorothy Dandridge and band perform "Cow-Cow Boogie".
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Cow-Cow Boogie
![It's Black Entertainment](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7PhMfopjGaVcTDbNUM7F86o1fsr.jpg)
2002
![It's Black Entertainment](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7PhMfopjGaVcTDbNUM7F86o1fsr.jpg)
It's Black Entertainment
8/2
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...
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It's Black Entertainment
![Lucky Jordan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bvbN0NoZgIyMnAaAD7x0juqMYmp.jpg)
1942
![Lucky Jordan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bvbN0NoZgIyMnAaAD7x0juqMYmp.jpg)
Lucky Jordan
6/3
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...
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Lucky Jordan
![Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gCSAAr4qi0yQhAL8cS9CiG3WNhS.jpg)
2003
![Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gCSAAr4qi0yQhAL8cS9CiG3WNhS.jpg)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
7.5/2
Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and...
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
![Night in New Orleans](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/d4kmVVMxPBSvTtj0Ayu76dw7vwt.jpg)
1942
![Night in New Orleans](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/d4kmVVMxPBSvTtj0Ayu76dw7vwt.jpg)
Night in New Orleans
4/3
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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Night in New Orleans
![Moo Cow Boogie](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1943
![Moo Cow Boogie](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Moo Cow Boogie
0/0
Stepin Fetchit introduces a band which plays several numbers, including "Cow Cow Boogie" and a swing version of "Rigoletto." Dorothy Dandridge appears...
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Moo Cow Boogie
![Swingtime Jamboree](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jSXyFp86xy9ZS1lACqxCBP5rxUh.jpg)
1946
![Swingtime Jamboree](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jSXyFp86xy9ZS1lACqxCBP5rxUh.jpg)
Swingtime Jamboree
0/0
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Swingtime Jamboree
![A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1nwzgZ7J3ObIwmlWvnBBl9L6G1V.jpg)
1942
![A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1nwzgZ7J3ObIwmlWvnBBl9L6G1V.jpg)
A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat
7.5/2
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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A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat
![Girl 27](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7uFjsRCJ6fnpNIPSg5UICW7ErSU.jpg)
2007
![Girl 27](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7uFjsRCJ6fnpNIPSg5UICW7ErSU.jpg)
Girl 27
6.4/14
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 u...
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Girl 27
![The Murder Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2bnnvO1RLrvuYcFwLpCa3rC20t9.jpg)
1961
![The Murder Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2bnnvO1RLrvuYcFwLpCa3rC20t9.jpg)
The Murder Men
0/0
Melodrama of the attempt to smash a drug ring and to promote a former addict singer's rehabilitation. Edited from TV series, Cain's Hundred
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The Murder Men
![A Day at the Races](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/atJhISCddr3z8LWCr93yaGGv6YV.jpg)
1937
![A Day at the Races](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/atJhISCddr3z8LWCr93yaGGv6YV.jpg)
A Day at the Races
7.084/190
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 hi...
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A Day at the Races
![Paper Doll](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/epJZCoCHlHVWN3JDg0QMNzFlJcJ.jpg)
1942
![Paper Doll](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/epJZCoCHlHVWN3JDg0QMNzFlJcJ.jpg)
Paper Doll
1/1
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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Paper Doll
![Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oitMj1aeFfkn6lozUygdVhOzcBD.jpg)
2005
![Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oitMj1aeFfkn6lozUygdVhOzcBD.jpg)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
0/0
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 w...
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
![Orchestra Wives](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bpsFY09nAQvyFF1HIOaCkfaNX4r.jpg)
1942
![Orchestra Wives](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bpsFY09nAQvyFF1HIOaCkfaNX4r.jpg)
Orchestra Wives
5.8/10
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...
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Orchestra Wives
![Happy Go Lucky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6wVCINoX4LfKwxGcq6GET3Er5HW.jpg)
1943
![Happy Go Lucky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6wVCINoX4LfKwxGcq6GET3Er5HW.jpg)
Happy Go Lucky
4/1
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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Happy Go Lucky
![It Can't Last Forever](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ttfSYZk1cTRMRgy6NRXDHyXEyc1.jpg)
1937
![It Can't Last Forever](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ttfSYZk1cTRMRgy6NRXDHyXEyc1.jpg)
It Can't Last Forever
5/1
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 newspap...
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It Can't Last Forever
![Swing for Your Supper](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dgF7yAqu5yYMGiwexMnIOoBNbBq.jpg)
1941
![Swing for Your Supper](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dgF7yAqu5yYMGiwexMnIOoBNbBq.jpg)
Swing for Your Supper
0/0
Dorothy Dandridge sings, featuring Cee Pee Johnson on tom-toms.
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Swing for Your Supper
![Yes, Indeed!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hjqZC4VbOKtcqz9jDgOGfM1uIl6.jpg)
1941
![Yes, Indeed!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hjqZC4VbOKtcqz9jDgOGfM1uIl6.jpg)
Yes, Indeed!
0/0
A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Four Spirits of Rhythm
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Yes, Indeed!
![Blackbird Fantasy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1TBHDfBd1aphYpg6MZBuUP5ze5i.jpg)
1942
![Blackbird Fantasy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1TBHDfBd1aphYpg6MZBuUP5ze5i.jpg)
Blackbird Fantasy
0/0
A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Billy Mitchell.
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Blackbird Fantasy
![Jungle Jig](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/134krNosDzZHwzO6KYr2c1roA8S.jpg)
1941
![Jungle Jig](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/134krNosDzZHwzO6KYr2c1roA8S.jpg)
Jungle Jig
0/0
A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Cee Pee Johnson.
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Jungle Jig
![The Harlem Renaissance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dOIBGbZRa6Egd9TQWWoU8u9T5au.jpg)
2004
![The Harlem Renaissance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dOIBGbZRa6Egd9TQWWoU8u9T5au.jpg)
The Harlem Renaissance
6/1
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenge...
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