Dorothy Dandridge - Zoot Suit soundie

[dymples215]

This was too cute:-)

[pinkkprincess01]

Oh my!!...she was absolutely gorgeous!

[KoolTunes4Daze]

Them Gals sure knew how to style it !

[lindeene]

Minnie the Moocher was a frail....

[Loumademe]

Hilarious.

[forgedabouted]

wow she is beautiful

[GwenAYF]

@forgedabouted

I was a teen, and danced in Soundies made for the southern Negro market. .Paid AGVA scale. These were shown in the small "box" and on the big screen in the segregated south. Our music was "taken" and much money made on it, but not us.

[forgedabouted]

@GwenAYF im sorry to hear that but isnt that life all orginality is stolen and marketed for profit sick world we live in

[forgedabouted]

@GwenAYF and i dont fully understand your comment ?

[wallofvideo]

@GwenAYF that's very interesting. i bet if you post a video or a blog describing those experiences, a lot of people would benefit from it. if you don't mind my asking, have you ever seen on youtube any of the soundies that you were in?

[wallofvideo]

this was 1942, when northern whites were going on wildcat strikes in auto plants to keep Black men out of certain jobs. paul white did what he had to do in order to secure his daily bread - - can he really be flawed for that? what's interesting is that a (light-skinned) Black woman was allowed to come across as sophisticated, while a (dark-skinned) Black man was cornered into a more stereotypical role.

[jmw102667]

Holy Cow! She's super cute!

[tee12cutie]

I'm only 17 and this is appealing to me. I absolutely love classic

[LawlessRuppie]

@tee12cutie me 2 :O

[porcelainROZE]

I'd like this a lot more if the fella in this video wasn't such a blaring stereotypical black caricature :C

[lmbullock522]

@porcelainROZE Amen to the that. I hate the way he gives himself the "Sambo look" by tilting his head back and looking down and widening his eyes.

[blacsouljah]

Bet this beats anything on MTV or BET.

[colintron]

Thanks; I'm referring to this in an essay. I was wondering, what does 'males and frails' (at the start) mean?

[c3cubed]

@colintron If someone did not yet reply to your question, "Frails" was simple slang, referring to "Females" at that time. I guess today, such a term would be considered an absolute no-no in an overly-politically correct environment, considering some of the "frails" today participate in actual combat in war zones overseas!

My, times have changed, but a charming term then nonetheless.

[colintron]

@c3cubed Aha; I sensed so. I just couldn't find any corroboration. Thanks!

[jwmellott]

She's better looking than Halle Berry.

[Famegirls101]

This is My FAVORITE i love Dorothy Dandridge <3

[ericlosangeles]

What a beautiful woman for ALL TIME! Although I was only 1 year old when she passed, her image and personality are riveting and memorizing! She went on to do a remarkable number of leading roles for a women of color in the 50s...truely a beautiful trail blazer!

[y0sunnysky]

haha I LOVE this song! Dorothy D. was such a cutie pie! And Paul White is so animated, I love it!

[90rashad]

beautiful black woman



[K5GIXX]

something about Dorothy just makes you smile

[Moionfire]

she is really thin here

[babyfods18]

The guy is portrayed as a buffoon...reminds me of Bamboozled. This is disgusting. Dortothy is amazing tho.

[russofamerica]

Great upload!

[dylonvalentino]

great.

[MorcatoTV]

That was Awesome.

[MorcatoTV]

Thats awesome

[sharonanony]

this shows Black women were the Tailors, but they castigated them as semstress, while Men, called Khazars, then became the Tailors, after Black men, started Sewing. BLACK WOMEN WERE ALL AROUND DOMESTICS, BY FORCE

[StarBrown08]

Dang, It's like my great-grandmother looked younger than Dorothy.

[zeak62]

I want a Zoot suit, and I wanna do her, She gives me a hard on. Great

[mrstep2me]

Dorothy looks so cute here.

[thomasmoredamian]

She's MY walkin' rainbow! WHO NEEDS THESE PLASTIC "DIVAS" we've got today? The skinny gals with big hits who shake their hips and stroke their tits, who try to be sly and wail and rhyme and fail almost every time? THIS is the real thing, the kind of thing we'll never see again! VIVA DOROTHY!

[liarsclub75]

Cute!

[NewYorkC93]

Geneva and Ruby were more than friends. Rowland.

[jazzmanzoot]

The Lady Dandridge is Smoking ! But Mr White needs to get himself a different tailor, coz MAN ! That Zoot sucks !

[poistu]

I love this song, She is so beautiful.

[JazzydaFreshest]

the mowery sisters really look like her

[miguelmouta]

She is the best of a candy , but is dancing with a disconnected style partner ,

[zzzed55]

hmmm

i prefer the Tom and Jerry version !!

[Zari7000]

On 2:16 he said so he don't look like sambo. The song is so racist.

[Gerod05]

@Zari7000 i agree, but i guess they had to do what was popular back then

[Rowland108]

Love this soundie - both Paul & Dot are great. That's Geneva "Neve" Williams sitting at the sewing machine. Dot's mum Ruby's close friend - the chaperon to the Dandridge Sisters who ruled their lives until the D. Sis broke up.

[birthday14kid]

Love this song the jazz the beat it all makes me jump! thank you for posting and its great to see Dorothy Dandridge so well and happy! =-] =-] =-]

[redrosebutterfly13]

Cute! Love her!

[010Red010]

I love this!!!!!

[K5GIXX]

lol omg she gorgeous! i know my grandpa would've been able to pull lol

[deziremenow143]

she was to talented,spunky,and gorgeous!

WHAT A DOLL!