Introducing Dorothy Dandridge - Drama Classic Movies on DVD (1999) Starring Halle Berry; Directed by Martha Coolidge; HBO : OLDIES.com

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Item Number:
HBO 91569D

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Snap Case
Aspect Ratio: Pan & Scan - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

Dolby Digital Surround - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

Theatrical Trailer

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Cast & Crew Biographies

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.

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Actresses | African American Cinema | Biographical | Racism

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Halle Berry
Directed by		Martha Coolidge

DVD Details:

Label: HBO
Originally Released in: 1999
Number of Discs: 1
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: February 8, 2000
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 54,852
Item UPC: 026359156922
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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