Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

Actors

• Clement von Franckenstein (actor)
• Loretta Devine (actress)
• Raphael Sbarge (actor)
• William Atherton (actor)
• Joanne Baron (actress)
• Halle Berry (actress)
• Brent Spiner (actor)
• D.B. Sweeney (actor)
• Larry Poindexter (actor)
• Dave Mallow (actor)
• Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor)
• Guy Torry (actor)
• Obba Babatundé (actor)
• Elmer Bernstein (composer)
• Halle Berry (producer)

Genres

• Biography
• Drama
• Music
• Romance

Taglines:

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
She was everything America wanted a movie star to be... except white.

Quotes:

Harold Nicholas: Dottie, it's a whole different ballgame over there! They don't know the difference between black and white, and when they do, it's because they're treating us better than they treat their own!::Dorothy Dandridge: I can't go to Paris! Lynn is going to need special care!::Harold Nicholas: Then get special care.::Dorothy Dandridge: Not in an institution!::Harold Nicholas: Dottie, she doesn't even know we're here.::Dorothy Dandridge: I'm her mother. And you are her father.::Harold Nicholas: And I married you. Not this.::Dorothy Dandridge: Well, I am this! What are you?::Harold Nicholas: I'm Harold Nicholas, of the Nicholas Brothers. And maybe that's all I'm supposed to be.

Earl Mills: [notices thick makeup on Dorothy's face] What happened to your face?::Dorothy Dandridge: Guess I wasn't black enough to lead the tribe.

Vivian Dandridge: You think because you've become a big film star by shaking your tail, people aren't going to treat you like you're colored? Well, I'm something too! I'm something too! I'm more than Dorothy Dandridge's *big sister*! Didn't you ever notice that? Didn't you?

Dorothy Dandridge: Have you seen my man? That Carmen Jones snatched him from me and I'm all lost over what to do about it. Can't decide. If it's better I follow him up to the Windy City, or should I wait? Wait for him to come back to his happy-hearted home? Tell me what to do... I'm Cindy Lou.::Otto Preminger: The hell you are.

Dorothy Dandridge: Harold says I'm the most beautiful girl in the world.::Geri Nicholas: I'd rather be smart than beautiful.::Dorothy Dandridge: Well, I'd rather be beautiful.::Geri Nicholas: Beauty fades. A woman gets old.::Dorothy Dandridge: Not me. I'm staying young and beautiful unti the day I die!

Dorothy Dandridge: Have you ever caught sight of yourself by accident and you see yourself from the outside? That's who you really are.

Mocambo Emcee: Ladies and gentlemen, the delicious... the divine... the delightful... Dorothy Danridge!

Dorothy Dandridge: [angrily] Tonight, I'll take my bows and exit stage rear, go through the kitchen, past the casino, around the pool, which I'm apparently too dirty to swim in, up the service elevator, into my luxurious penthouse, sip my complimentary champagne, and pee in a brand new Dixie cup!::Earl Mills: I take that walk with you every night, you know.::Dorothy Dandridge: But the difference is, Earl, you don't HAVE to!

Dorothy Dandridge: [after Otto attends the premiere of "Carmen Jones" with his wife] How dare you parade her in front of me.::Otto Preminger: I didn't know she was coming.::Dorothy Dandridge: It was *my* night, Otto! You won't be seen with me in public, but then I have to watch you traipse around with her!::Otto Preminger: She's my wife.::Dorothy Dandridge: Tell her to leave. You have an understanding, remember? She openly makes the rounds with another man, Otto, and you don't complain about it! So, why couldn't you spend the evening with me?

Preminger, Otto Filmography

• Un voyageur
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Sing Your Song
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Trumbo
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• John Wayne: On Board with the Duke
  1997, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
  1991, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Human Factor
  1979, role: director
• The Human Factor
  1979, role: producer
• The Hobbit
  1977, role: actor , character name: Elvenking
• Die Titelmacher
  1976, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Hollywood on Trial
  1976, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rosebud
  1975, role: director
• Rickles
  1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Rosebud
  1975, role: producer
• Such Good Friends
  1971, role: producer
• Such Good Friends
  1971, role: director
• Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
  1970, role: producer
• Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
  1970, role: director
• Skidoo
  1968, role: producer
• Skidoo
  1968, role: actor , character name: Voice introducing the credits
• Skidoo
  1968, role: director
• Hurry Sundown
  1967, role: producer
• Hurry Sundown
  1967, role: director
• In Harm's Way
  1965, role: producer
• Bunny Lake Is Missing
  1965, role: director
• Bunny Lake Is Missing
  1965, role: actor , character name: On-screen Trailer Host and Narrator
• In Harm's Way
  1965, role: director
• Bunny Lake Is Missing
  1965, role: producer
• Critic's Choice
  1963, role: miscellaneous crew
• The Cardinal
  1963, role: director
• The Cardinal
  1963, role: producer
• The Cardinal
  1963, role: miscellaneous crew
• Advise & Consent
  1962, role: miscellaneous crew
• Advise & Consent
  1962, role: producer
• Advise & Consent
  1962, role: director
• Exodus
  1960, role: miscellaneous crew
• Exodus
  1960, role: producer
• Exodus
  1960, role: director
• Anatomy of a Murder
  1959, role: miscellaneous crew
• Anatomy of a Murder
  1959, role: director
• Anatomy of a Murder
  1959, role: producer
• Porgy and Bess
  1959, role: director
• Bonjour tristesse
  1958, role: producer
• Bonjour tristesse
  1958, role: director
• The Making of 'Saint Joan'
  1957, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• Saint Joan
  1957, role: producer
• The Making of 'Saint Joan'
  1957, role: producer
• Saint Joan
  1957, role: director
• The Making of 'Saint Joan'
  1957, role: director
• The Man with the Golden Arm
  1955, role: miscellaneous crew
• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  1955, role: director

Famous quotes by Otto Preminger:

"[Hold on. You say you've seen this movie before? You sure have. When Alfred Hitchcock did it on a train back in 1938, it was called] The Lady Vanishes, ... Bunny Lake Is Missing."

"Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right."

"Marilyn Monroe? A vacuum with nipples"