Dorothy Dandridge
Moment of Danger (1960)
Moment of Danger is a 1960 British crime drama film starring Trevor Howard, Dorothy Dandridge and Edmund Purdom. It was filmed in Europe in the late months of 1959.
Starring: Sammy Davis, Jr.•Joan Fontaine
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles. It is based on the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, in turn based on Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy, as well as Heyward's subsequent 1927 non-musical stage...
Starring: Sammy Davis, Jr.•Diahann Carroll•Mantan Moreland•Milton Berle•Lynn Bari
The Decks Ran Red (1958)
The Decks Ran Red is a 1958 MGM seagoing suspense drama based on the book Infamy at Sea, and directed by Andrew L. Stone. The feature starred James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford, and Stuart Whitman.
Starring: Glenn Miller•Sammy Davis, Jr.
Island in the Sun (1957)
Island in the Sun is a 1957 drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Justin, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, and Basil Sydney. The film is about race rela...
Starring: Glenn Miller•Pearl Bailey•Sammy Davis, Jr.•Trevor Howard•Harry Belafonte•Barbara Randolph
Bright Road (1954)
Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to reach out to a problem student. The movie is also n...
Starring: Sammy Davis, Jr.•Trevor Howard•Stephen Boyd
Carmen Jones (1954)
Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film featuring an all-black cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, from the 1943 stage musical of the same name, set to the music of Georges Bizet's...
Starring: Sammy Davis, Jr.•Diahann Carroll•Trevor Howard
Bright Road (1953)
Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to reach out to a problem student. The movie is also n...
Starring: Sammy Davis, Jr.•Trevor Howard
The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)
The Harlem Globetrotters is a 1951 Sport/Drama film about the famous African American basketball team The Harlem Globetrotters released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Thomas Gomez, Bill Walker, Dorothy Dandridge, Angela Clarke, and Peter M. Thompson.
Starring: Sammy Davis, Jr.•John Payne
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Sun Valley Serenade is a 1941 musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. It features the Glenn Miller Orchestra as well as dancing by the Nicholas Brothers. It also features Dorothy Dandridge, performing "Chattanooga Choo Choo", which was nominated for an Oscar for ...
Starring: Sonja Henie•Mantan Moreland•Milton Berle•Lynn Bari•Sammy Davis, Jr.•Vernon McCalla
Four Shall Die (1940)
Four Shall Die is a 1940 American supernatural crime film directed by William Beaudine. It features Dorothy Dandridge in her first credited film role.
Starring: Glenn Miller•Sammy Davis, Jr.•Thomas Gomez