A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. Read More »
Tag Archives: Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones (1954) Otto Preminger, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey
At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and “hot bundle” Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Read More »
The Decks Ran Red (1958) Andrew L. Stone, James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford
Danger and suspense sail the high seas in this nautical thriller that some commentators call uncommonly fierce for its time. Read More »
The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) Phil Brown, Will Jason, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge
Abe Saperstein, owner/manager of the world-famous “Harlem Globetrotters”, an all-Negro professional basketball team Read More »
Bright Road (1953) Gerald Mayer, Dorothy Dandridge, Philip Hepburn, Harry Belafonte
Based on the story “See How They Run,” which ran in the June 1951 issue of “The Ladies’ Home Journal” Read More »
Island in the Sun (1957) Robert Rossen, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Drama, Romance
Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule, it focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations. Read More »
Porgy and Bess (1959) Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian, Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Drama, Musical, Romance
In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina Read More »