Carmen Jones 1954  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Diahann Carroll, Joe Adams, Brock Peters, Roy E. Glenn Sr., Nick Stewart, Sandy Lewis
Otto Preminger's terrific African American cast enhances this film version of Oscar Hammerstein's successful 1943 Broadway play. Dorothy Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of that ultimate femme fatale: Carmen Jones.
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The Decks Ran Red 1958  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Whitman, Katharine Bard, Jack Kruschen, John Gallaudet, Barney Phillips, Hank Patterson, David(2) Cross
Mutiny by sailors aboard a freighter is resisted by its captain (James Mason).
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Island in the Sun 1957  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Diana Wynyard, Harry Belafonte, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Williams
Based on the novel by Alec Waugh, this is a story of racial prejudice in the West Indies and how it affects an affair between a British widow (Joan Fontaine) and a Black labor leader (Harry Belafonte).
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Lady from Louisiana 1941  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: John Wayne, Ray Middleton, Ona Munson, Henry Stephenson, Helen Westley, Jack Pennick, Dorothy Dandridge, Shimen Ruskin, Jacqueline Dalya, Paul Scardon, James C. Morton
A lawyer, John Reynolds (John Wayne), leaves New England and travels to New Orleans where he looks into the lottery with plans to fight the local crime syndicate that is skimming off profits. On the trip to New Orleans, John meets Julie (Ona Munson) and falls in love. But, problems develop because Julie just happens to be the daughter of General Mirbeau (Henry Stephenson) who runs the gaming business that John is trying to clean up.
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 Porgy and Bess 1959 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Ivan Dixon, Claude Akins, Pearl Bailey, Clarence Muse, Ruth Attaway
Andre Previn and Ken Darby won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score for this film based on Ira Gershwin's classic folk opera about life on Catfish Row.
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Sun Valley Serenade 1941 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, William B. Davidson, Almira Sessions, Mel Ruick, Nicholas Brothers, Ralph Dunn, Chester Clute, Ann Doran
Phil Corey's (Glenn Miller) band has sponsored Norwegian refugee Karen (skating star Sonja Henie), and now the band has an engagement at Sun Valley, Idaho. When jealousy enters the picture, and the band's soloist Vivian (Lynn Bari) quits, Karen steps in and stages a fantastic ice show for a delighted audience.
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Tarzan's Peril 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Lex Barker, Virginia Huston, George Macready, Douglas Fowley, Dorothy Dandridge, Alan Napier, Edward Ashley, Walter Kingsford, Glenn Anders, Frederick O'Neal
Tarzan (Lex Barker) comes to the rescue when gunrunners supply weapons and stir up trouble between warring tribes.
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| 1. Carmen Jones (1954)
2. The Decks Ran Red (1958)
3. Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
aka: Change of Heart
4. Island in the Sun (1957)
5. Lady from Louisiana (1941)
6. Porgy and Bess (1959)
7. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
8. Tarzan's Peril (1951)
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