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zoirohs · 6 months ago
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CARMEN JONES (1954) dir. Otto Preminger
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deforest · 6 months ago
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DOROTHY DANDRIDGE in COW-COW BOOGIE — 1942, dir. Josef Berne
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technicolor-times · 3 months ago
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Dorothy Dandrige // dancing as coach accompanist Phil Moore plays the piano for her , 1951
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sharon-tate · 6 months ago
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Dorothy Dandridge photographed during the filming of Tamango (1958)
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davidhudson · 1 year ago
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Dorothy Dandridge, November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965.
At the Macambo in Los Angeles in 1951.
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mylittlevintageworld · 3 months ago
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Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge
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citizenscreen · 4 months ago
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Dorothy Dandridge headlining at the Empire Room at New York’s Waldorf Astoria in 1955. She was the first Black performer to do so. Despite the backlash, Dandridge performed to sell-out crowds, which opened the door for other legends like Count Basie at the famed nightclub.
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initialsbb · 5 months ago
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Dorothy Dandridge in Island in the Sun (1957)
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classic-hollywood-glam · 11 months ago
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Dorothy Dandridge
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twixnmix · 1 year ago
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Dorothy Dandridge arriving at the premiere of the film Porgy & Bess at the Warner Theatre in New York City on June 24, 1959.
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hotvintagepoll · 8 months ago
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Ava Gardner (The Killers, The Barefoot Contessa)— She's so goddamn hot. Her and Frank Sinatra could've sandwiched me and I would've thanked them for the privilege
Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess, Island in the Sun)— The first Black actress to ever be nominated for best actress, Dorothy Dandridge was a groundbreaking actress who deserved better. She started her career as a singer, being put in a song-and-dance duo with her sister by their stage mother, and singing in soundies (I highly recommend cow cow boogie, it's adorable), proto-music videos. She started appearing as a featured singer in films. Her star was on the rise and she soon became a star solo performer. She continued acting, but had limited options because she refused to do stereotypical roles. She finally landed a starring role in Bright Road in 1953, but it was the movie Carmen Jones that truly cemented her as a star and sex symbol. Not to sound cheesy, but she literally sizzles on screen. You can't help but understand how poor Harry Belafonte gets caught in her trap, just look at her. This is the role that got her that Oscar nom. She didn't win cause I mean #OscarsSoWhite, but she was a sensation and continued starring in films, despite troubles in her life (including a shitty director bf who fucked with her career and a traumatizing pregnancy/delivery). Outside of her filmwork, she was also an activist, fighting against racism. She left behind an amazing legacy, and continues to inspire many actresses to this day (including also very hot first (and only) black woman to win best actress, Halle Berry).
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Ava Gardner:
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Ava Gardner is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Although a lot of her roles in movies are about her being beautiful and nothing else, there are some films where her acting truly shines.
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HER FACE. LOOK AT IT. Also was a life long supporter of civil rights and a member of the NAACP, had lots of fun love affairs with other stars, bullfighters, married several times but was also happy in between to just have lovers and was unapologetically herself.
I literally gasp every time I see her.
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Between 1942 and 1964, Ava Gardner was credited in no less 50 films, and is still considered by some to be the most beautiful actresses that ever graced the silver screen. Despite life-long insecurities regarding her talent as an actress, she weathered public scandal, industry hostility, and outright condemnation by the Catholic Church with fearless grace. She would later in life talk candidly about the reality and pain of living through two (studio approved!!) abortions during her short marriage to Frank Sinatra, and while the two of them could not make their relationship work, they remained in each other’s lives for nearly 30 years. She would forever describe herself as a small-town girl who just got lucky, but always felt like a beautiful outsider.
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Really genuinely one of the most beautiful human beings I have ever seen. An autodidact. Had amazing chemistry with Gregory Peck to the point where I do think about watching On The Beach again sometimes because they're so good together even though that movie did destroy me. Was a great femme fatale in many movies.
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Dorothy Dandridge propaganda:
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Beautiful actress and hand-working and talented singer, she's especially notable for the number of firsts she accomplished such as the first African-American woman to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the first African-American woman to appear on the cover of Life magazine.
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Dorothy Dandridge was a classic Hollywood triple threat, singing, dancing, and acting with the best of them. She was the first African American nominated for an academy award for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones and she was just jaw-droppingly beautiful.
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this og of black film needs no introduction (star on the hollywood walk of fame anyone?), voice of an angel, heavenly features, just an overall stunning lady :)
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Look at her!!! She is so unbelievably charismatic in Carmen, it’s insane. Her chemistry with Harry Belafonte is off the charts, and every time she puts another outdoor [sic] on it’s like ‘oh god this is a whole new level of stunning’ 🥵. She was so so talented, when she’s on screen I genuinely dare you to tear your eyes away from her. Deserves to be known so much better but due to Hollywood racism and a tough personal life she didn’t make it as big as she should have done. She’s incredible.
First Black actress to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress! Was the first choice for the role of Cleopatra that went to Elizabeth Taylor (we were ROBBED).
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goddessarchives · 3 months ago
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deforest · 7 months ago
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DOROTHY DANDRIDGE in SWING FOR YOUR SUPPER — 1941, dir. Josef Berne
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sharon-tate · 6 months ago
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Dorothy Dandridge photographed at home by Allan Grant, 1954
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byrobinbaker · 1 year ago
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Halle Berry in 1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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vintage-old-hollywood · 5 months ago
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Dorothy Dandridge
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