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DOROTHY DANDRIDGE [ca. 1954] 20th Century Fox-stamped portrait

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Fox, [ca. 1954]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white photo. With ink stamp on verso of “Dorothy Dandridge, 20th Century Fox, Internal use only.” Near fine. 

Photo used to promote Dorothy Dandridge at the time of her work in Carmen Jones. Dandridge became the first black actress to be nominated for the Academy Award as Best Actress in a leading role. Though she looked at it as a big break, having been in show business since childhood, Dandridge found that great roles for black actresses were not forthcoming.

Photo numbered 952/S/26.

PORGY AND BESS | SIDNEY POITIER, DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (1959) Oversized portrait

[Los Angeles: Samuel Goldwyn, 1959]. Vintage original 10.5 x 13.5″ (26 x 33 cm.) sepia tone double weight matte photo. Fine.

Popular Black actors of the era were cast to play the leads in this epic presentation of George Gershwin’s pop opera. Though Dandridge was a singer, she was dubbed (as was Poitier) to achieve the vocals of this challenging endeavor. 

ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957) Set of 3 keybook photos ft. Dorothy Dandridge costume tests

[Los Angeles: Twentieth Century Fox, 1957] Set of three (3) vintage original 8 x10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin keybook print still photos.

Interracial relations, racism, politics and murder were the elements of this melodrama set in a fictitious island in the Caribbean. Dorothy Dandridge played the second leading lady and was dressed to the tee by David Folkes.

  • For the airport scene, she was dressed in a smart suit and hat which she tested on 10/4/56. Photo has three-hole punches at left edge indicating its original purpose as part of a keybook of photos for the film. Crease at bottom right of the photo. About fine;
  • For the hotel and car scenes, she was garbed in a day dress, sweater jacket, gloves and purse which she tested on 10/4/56. Photo has three-hole punches at left edge indicating its original purpose as part of a keybook of photos for the film. Crease at bottom left edge of photo. About fine;
  • For the scene in the summer house she wore a formal day dress which she tested on 10/4/56. Photo has three-hole punches at left edge indicating its original purpose as part of a keybook of photos for the film. Crease at bottom right edge of photo. About fine.

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (1954-58) Set of 3 Spanish flyers

Set of three (3) vintage original Spanish flyers, one 5 1/4 x 3 3/8″ (13 x 9 cm.), two are 5 1/2 x 4″ (14 x 10 cm.), JUST ABOUT FINE.

Promotional flyers for the Spanish releases of CARMEN JONES (1954), ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957) and TAMANGO (1958).

Dorothy Dandridge – Hollywood’s First African-American Sex Symbol

Written by Bolen High on . Posted in African American Movie Memorabilia, African Americana, Black History, Film & Movie Star Photographs, Movie Memorabilia, Movie Posters.

Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and dancer. She is one of the earliest black movie stars and the first woman of color to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). 

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (ca. 1957) Glamour portrait

Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, [ca. 1957]. Vintage original 10 x 8″ (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white photo, USA. A glamour portrait of African American performer Dorothy Dandridge, with a background of ethnic iconography, JUST ABOUT FINE.

DECKS RAN RED, THE (1958) Poster ft. Dorothy Dandridge

[Hollywood]: 1958, MGM. Vintage original 81 x 41″ (206 x 104 cm.) three sheet poster, USA. James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford, dir: Andrew L. Stone; MGM. Conserved on archival linen, there is some very minimal shelf wear at what had been fold lines, VERY GOOD+.

Bogle, p. 72: “[Director Andrew Stone] treats [Dorothy] Dandridge as a true movie goddess.” In THE DECKS RAN RED she plays the only woman aboard a ship where a mutiny is happening. An interesting and quite scarce example of her work in the period immediately after CARMEN JONES.

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (1954) Nightclub performer photo

Vintage original borderless 8 x 7 ¼” (20 x 18 cm.) photo, USA.

A very uncommon publicity photo to reflect Dandridge’s career as a night club performer. Two clippings, both of them date stamped, are affixed to the back. The photo has been trimmed a bit irregularly for publication, VERY GOOD-.

TAMANGO [DEN SORTE SLAVINDE] (1961 Danish-release) Poster ft. Dorothy Dandridge

[Danish: Den sorte slavinde] Vintage original 33 1/2 x 24 1/2″ (85 x 62 cm.) poster, Denmark. Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, dir: John Berry; Wivefilm. Folded, with small tears at edges and unobtrusive Danish censor board stamp in blank background, VERY GOOD. Film about a slave revolt which gave African American actress Dorothy Dandridge a chance to work in a European production (the film was actually a French-Italian co-production). This very scarce poster from Denmark by artist Benny Stilling has some of the nicest artwork of any of TAMANGO’s various releases.