Saying carmen is of any european descent is pointless. the average black person has admixture because of slave rape, colonialism,etc. usually. who cares? i can sit here and claim to be of english descent, native american, whatever. (idk actually) but back several generations all youll see is black people in my family. this is how the average black person is the western world is. black is black unless youre recently mixed. she is black, end of story for me.
Dorothy Dandridge one of the greatest actressess of all time.Her Carmen is one of the sexiest,sensual and catty women ever seen on film.R.I.P Dorothy.This is a great film I'm 23 and can't get enough of it.
Love this movie, rented it so many times, Dorothry Dandridge is so very beautiful. Only wish she could've sung this in this scene (and others in Carmen Jones) opera singer Marilyn Horne was recruited to do the singing and did an absolutely wonderful job, while Dorothy lip-synced along. I'm not hating, it worked greatly. I think Harry Belfonte and Pearl Bailey are the only actors/singers who sung their own songs in this movie. Miss Dorothy Dandridge, wish she was still here with us...
I read that Dorothy & Halle was born in the same Cleaveland hospital. I REALLY believe Halle got the part for a special reason. There are TOO many similarities that are remarkable. It's like Dorothy was Halle's distance grandmother. AND I believe I read that Dorothy is one of Halle's favorite actress's.
Wow, it's interesting that Dorothy Dandridge could sing, but not singing in this film. Her singing voice is dubbed by Marilyn Horne. A few people in this film singing voice was dubbed.
I have seen a picture of her mother and she looks predominately black. Her father was light skinned. Well, that is typical of many African Americans. Many of us have one light parent, and a dark one. My dad is light and my mother is dark. But I am probably the typical African American. So once again, why are we debating about this. Dorothy was of African descent and beautiful. And we should all, regardless of race or color, embrace her and remember her for the wonderful actress that she was.
I feel for Cindy Lou. Sometimes men push good women to the side and take advantage of their trust just because something flashy walks by. But I guess it is what is.
She let Otto make bad decisions for her. She turned down work due to his bad advice. Doesnt matter if the role was for a slave keep working from movie to movie anyway.
@Adizero7000 The two different white men in her life really messed her up. No, not Earl Mills but Otto Premenger and this other white fellow who was a club owner and blamed her for loosing his business all because he used her to sing for white customers who never wanted to see her performing in his club. Earlier in her life, Dorothy was sexually assulted by her aunt all because Dorothy went on a date and arrived home late thinking that she had sex with her date. That also messed her up.
@finalsolution14 You would have to look at her documentry. I think it was because this was before the civil rights movement and they felt white America was not ready for anything interacial with blacks.
both of Harry Belafonte's parents were Jamaican immigrants-that's why he looks so exotic and handsome,=) He most likely has Spanish/Latin ancestry too based on the pronunciation of his last name and Jamaica's history. CLEARLY HE'S NOT AFRICAN-AMERICAN,look at the shape of his eyes, his cheekbones, his complexion, even the way he carries himself-all that shows he's of Caribbean decent and I think his parent either brought him over to the U.S> or gave birth to him in the U.S>...
@tonybklyn yep, i always thought she should have played as dorothy. and i was watching different strokes when janet was on there, she has always bore a resemblence to her, even more before all the plastic surgery.
I'm no Preminger fan, but IMO, this is a terrific movie! Superb portrayal by Dandridge--I'd give my eye teeth to hear her original pre-dub vocal. But Horne is also fantastic in matching her delivery on the dub track-- really seems to catch the spirit of Dorothy's portrayal. Dorothy was a wonderful singer (as is Belafonte), but the Bizet score calls for operatic voices.
Otto messed Dorothy up. After she was nominated for that OScar, she should have took the role of the slave. She ends up losing the OScar and less work was ofered to her. otto was just trying to control her.
Does anyone know what ever happen to Dorothy's manager who found her dead in her home? I know that Otto is deceased, but I have never heard anything about the other guy; I forgot his name too.
@dayg715 Thank you for the name; I saw the movie with Halle Berry on last weekend on cable...do you know what ever happened to this man? I have been trying to find some information about him on yahoo and other sites, and I can't find anything.
They had her so confused and brow beaten that she ended up marrying Otto Preminger and he used to humiliate her, fondle her, and make her cry on the set to show that he ,a white man, had power over a black diamond such as her.
@69690patricia If you go to Dorothy's Wikipedia page and see her picture, what do you think? When I first saw it I thought Ashanti. Then Halle! That was what I thought.
@Aariyan096 Especially Tamera Mowry. And don't forget Kim Fields who played Tootie in "The Facts of Life" & Regine in "Living Single. She looks alot like Dorothy too. There is a video of Dorothy on youtube singing "Cow cow Boogie" she Kim looked just alike.
@MiamiChicky They surely do! Man, I wish I got to meet Dorothy. I guess the closest we'll ever get is with Halle, and watching her movie. Also, I need to get her biography sometime.
@mjwifey4l Hey I said the same thing. She does look like Janet Jackson in a few scenes. I said it to my mother but she disagreed. I know Janet wanted this role as well as Whitney. But Janet could've pulled this role as much as Halle! Wow how extraordinary that someone else saw the same thing as me... Dorothy looks like Janet Jackson. And sometimes I see Halle Berry too! Thanks. We must have somethings in common!
Carmen with beyonce doesnt compare to dorothy's, you really cant compare the two, i didnt notice it before but they both could take yo man in both movies! Dorothy dandridge is soooo beautiful! my god:)
a totally amazing score in this film. It took me forever to finally find the soundtrack to this movie. At the risk of offending some purists, I'd have to say this is one of the most definitive performances of the play Carmen.
@PINKPUMPZTV Do you mean the vocals for songs Dorothy Dandridge sang? Yes. But all of the background vocals were actually song by the extras in the movie. These were classically trained singers/actors. Great movie.
Dorothy Dandridge was the hottest black woman at that time. Unfortunately she was completely underrated all because she was black being famous in the 1950's IN her real life she was messed up. I do have a strong feeling that if she had married Harry Belafonte she would still be alive today.
She was actually mixed, her mother Ruby was mixed with Jamaican, Mexican and Native American. Her father Cyril was a first generational mulatto. You can see the info on the website( Dorthy Dandridge grave) sorry to disappoint you. It was even mention on PBS Bio of her life. :)
@sadepayne What's that supposed to mean? ALL African Americans are "mixed". That's why we come in different hues. Yet we all(including Dorothy Dandridge)consider ourselves Black.
The only Black people in this country who aren't "mixed" are immigrants who have no ancestral history here.
@sadepayne well than i guess almost half of black america is mixed and arent "black" its funny how people are quick to point how less black she was, when infact the white people back in her day openly called her nigger. just because she was light skin didnt mean she was treated any better than the rest as a *BLACK* actress she had to take the back seat when it came to roles.. there are dark skin black poeple and light skin black people. at the end of the day the world will always see u as blk
@jerhazel , I never said anything about her not being African American. I was basically stating that she had other cultures in her blood. I never said she was less black, what the hell are you talking about. Now what is crazy is that your profile has a saved favorite clip of the famous African Americans. They was seeking out their ancestry blood line. For you to get so offensive by me stating a true logic fact, that she was mixed. Is silly and it don't make sense at all,
@sadepayne I have to agree with jerhazel. She was darker than Rosa Parks and look what happened to Rosa Parks on the bus. Her mother was dark skinned with Jamaican background.
@terrinyc29 I never said because she is a beautiful African American, that its because she mix. I'm stating a general fact, her dad was creole and her mother had Mexican in her blood. How I'm saying she not African, I think some people have issue with their own race. and take their pain on a general statement. you got offensive, I wonder why, was it because u always heard how the mix look better and always got attention. I'm sorry if society has made you that way. Halle is mix also so what
@sadepayne maybe ur Mexican why you keep saying she's part. Her mother could have been part Native American (most people who are from Mexico are NA) Most people when referring to AA understand there's Native blood and white blood in us but we don't refer to ourselves as Mixed. My Grandparents are very fair skin with straight hair but are black not Biracial. I'm light skinned with curly hair, both parents are black and I would never refer to myself as Mixed. All blacks are "Mixed"
@terrinyc29 If all blacks are "mixed" then i don't see why its such an issue or concern what a certain person is mixed with, if they know what they are and prefer to say black or multiracial it should be their concern and no one else my mother is Black and Native American and my father is Black and French but they only claim one, African American, however I claim all three
@sadepayne Its funny that you are so concerned with her genetic makeup. People pick a part a black woman that has been deemed beautiful. Most people refer to the President as Black not white and rarely biracial and he's a direct mixture not generational like Most African Americans including Ms.Dandridge. I never heard people dissecting Booker t Washington or Fredrick Douglas ancestry are referring to them as Mixed even though their fathers were white. We've learned to just be black.
@terrinyc29 So now you assume that I am Mexican because I mention what was in her blood. Are you serious, come on now let's not go there. You not even listening to what I said, you stated her mom could have been part Native. I just explained this whole time Mexican and Jamaican, why would u say Native. Mix race, bi racial is all the same, how does that meaning seem noneducational when articles of educated writer's say the same thing. I didn't say anything wrong.
@terrinyc29 You seem to feel that when someone speaks of race, that it seems like a negative thing. Why is that, you're not open minded at all, your stuck in 1930's. It's 2012 people now can seek out what is in their blood line now. That doesn't mean if someone finds out they mix race, that they will not be African. You assume and you don't have an open mind to new and exciting information. This is legendary history, her mother and father ancestry, I'm not even understanding you
@terrinyc29 For your information I stated Jamaican and Mexican, not Jamaica and Mexico. Of course Jamaica and Mexico are places "no brainier!. Are you implying that Jamaican isn't a race or Mexican. BTW- I don't know what you saying, you seem confused by places and races. You obviously can't tell the difference, b4 u put someone on blast, please coming from a future teacher. Get a geography book and culture education. Your IQ is below the knowledge fact of what I am implying. Seriously
Dorothy Dandridge--unbelievably talented, gorgeous, charismatic and S*X ON A STICK. Truly UNBELIEVABLE Hollywood could not get past its prejudices to make her into a bigger star. RIP beautiful, talented lady.
There's a purity in all the performances (save the silly black-talk) that make it continually enjoyable. I couldn't sit through 5 minutes of that Hip Hop Carmen. lol Thanks for uploading this gem. L
@HollywoodHillsCookie...yeah, didn't know that about the orig Broadway cast, but I do know that, in the film, Dandridge is not the one singing-- it's actually Marilyn Horne's voice that was dubbed
omg thank you SO much! i love this version of the carmen opera! dandridge was absolutely remarkable and downright sultry in this movie.... if i love you thats the end of you" - love it!
This is my favorite musical : ) Did you know they had to do a reaaaaly wide search for the original Broadway cast, because the pool of classically trained black singers in NYC at the time was small? I've read that hey ended up with a conservatory student for Carmen, and an elevator operator for Joe...though I would have to verify that (Both superb, BTW.)
When she made her entrance at 05:27 she looked like a queen! Seductive without being SLUTTY! That's what we've lost in this era. Beautiful and strong people with CLASS!
what a shame america lost so much talent through racism in those days this lady was fantastic but got shunned in the industry they always tried to get whites painted black to play the parts or in the case of asian movies the main roles were cast to white people with make up in a vain effort to make them look asian poor sad souls
missybundyx3, I also like the singing voice, but it's not Dorothy Dandridge. She did much of her own singing, but in this case it is Marilyn Horne. This was overdubbed back in 1954.
@optimisticbabe it depends what kind of movies you like. but I really like Move Over Darling, Jumbo, Midnight Lace, I also love movies with actors such as Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant, Rex Harrison, Hayley Mills, Katherine Hepburn, Doris Day and Audry Hepburn to name a few, I'm still finding movies myself, my advice is to pick any actor and begin searching for the movies that they played in.
other movies;an affair to remember;the Philadelphia story; Charade;Operation Petticoat;His Girl Friday;etc.
Looks like an all black cast.I saw this movie years ago when I was little, so I don't quite remember..Dorothy Dandridge was SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL-her hair, her skin ,her body, her face-everything about her was just mesmerizing. She should've been a bigger star than she WAS,but RACISTS made sure that didn't happen though. Times were hard:segregation.I hope black stars nowadays appreciate the fact that black stars decades ago paved the way for them&won't take their opportunities&stardom for granted.
She was so pretty. I think this is the inspiration behind Beyonce's "Carmen: A Hip Hopera" movie. It has the same sort of acting - singing theme to it, almost the same exact set up.
@BIGFACEFLIPPDAWG Uh, YES! In case you didn't figure it out, this was the original 1954 movie in which the 90's remake was created from. Beyonce did no justice. Props to Robert Townsend however for bringing a classic film to a newer, younger generation to appreciate.
My aunts name!!
TheTwinzProductions9 1 week ago
Saying carmen is of any european descent is pointless. the average black person has admixture because of slave rape, colonialism,etc. usually. who cares? i can sit here and claim to be of english descent, native american, whatever. (idk actually) but back several generations all youll see is black people in my family. this is how the average black person is the western world is. black is black unless youre recently mixed. she is black, end of story for me.
CoacoaBean08 1 week ago
you truly looks like she could be Hailey Berry's grandmother
Purplemuslimlina2010 1 week ago
Same fate as Marilyn Monroe without the same legacy, with Dorothy being the SUPERIOR actress! Hollywood sucks.
Budaphly 1 week ago
@Budaphly agreed but we can choose how cope with the pressure
Purplemuslimlina2010 1 week ago
Dorothy Dandridge was a very talented and extremely beautiful. Wish I had the pleasure of meeting her.
PBCNYMPHO69 3 weeks ago
SHUT THE FUCK UP. SHE WAS BLACK, END OF FUCKING STORY.
knobylob 4 weeks ago
I came here to see a movie......and there's a race battle in here? WTF
Shandra9000mail 4 weeks ago 3
Dorothy Dandridge one of the greatest actressess of all time.Her Carmen is one of the sexiest,sensual and catty women ever seen on film.R.I.P Dorothy.This is a great film I'm 23 and can't get enough of it.
WilliamHoldenfan 1 month ago
Love this movie, rented it so many times, Dorothry Dandridge is so very beautiful. Only wish she could've sung this in this scene (and others in Carmen Jones) opera singer Marilyn Horne was recruited to do the singing and did an absolutely wonderful job, while Dorothy lip-synced along. I'm not hating, it worked greatly. I think Harry Belfonte and Pearl Bailey are the only actors/singers who sung their own songs in this movie. Miss Dorothy Dandridge, wish she was still here with us...
missuma2 1 month ago
Like if Halle in Dorothy Dandridge sent you here :)
bittersweetkuri22 2 months ago 14
Eu era um garoto qdo esse filme foi lançado e não tive sensibilidade para avaliar a beleza dele.
Nada como a maturidade.......
Rexmg 2 months ago
I read that Dorothy & Halle was born in the same Cleaveland hospital. I REALLY believe Halle got the part for a special reason. There are TOO many similarities that are remarkable. It's like Dorothy was Halle's distance grandmother. AND I believe I read that Dorothy is one of Halle's favorite actress's.
Aariyan096 3 months ago
@Aariyan096 well from what i heard she brought the script and produced the movie off her own back...
stefiebea 3 months ago
@stefiebea That's cool :)!
Aariyan096 3 months ago
Like if Halle Berry brought you here!
acinom13 3 months ago
Dorothy Dandrige is so so beautiful
TopazScorpio909 4 months ago
Wow, it's interesting that Dorothy Dandridge could sing, but not singing in this film. Her singing voice is dubbed by Marilyn Horne. A few people in this film singing voice was dubbed.
datrooth007 4 months ago
I have seen a picture of her mother and she looks predominately black. Her father was light skinned. Well, that is typical of many African Americans. Many of us have one light parent, and a dark one. My dad is light and my mother is dark. But I am probably the typical African American. So once again, why are we debating about this. Dorothy was of African descent and beautiful. And we should all, regardless of race or color, embrace her and remember her for the wonderful actress that she was.
TheCalebson 4 months ago 22
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TheCalebson 4 months ago
"you do that...and I'll scratch out the one good eye you got left"
SParkApCider 4 months ago 5
When I have time I want to watch the full movie.
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I feel for Cindy Lou. Sometimes men push good women to the side and take advantage of their trust just because something flashy walks by. But I guess it is what is.
ImNotRacistImBias 5 months ago
She let Otto make bad decisions for her. She turned down work due to his bad advice. Doesnt matter if the role was for a slave keep working from movie to movie anyway.
makyshawms 5 months ago
I think it is neat that the two leads in this movie have something in common..Jamaica.
HairH2O 5 months ago
@Adizero7000 The two different white men in her life really messed her up. No, not Earl Mills but Otto Premenger and this other white fellow who was a club owner and blamed her for loosing his business all because he used her to sing for white customers who never wanted to see her performing in his club. Earlier in her life, Dorothy was sexually assulted by her aunt all because Dorothy went on a date and arrived home late thinking that she had sex with her date. That also messed her up.
sheltv100 5 months ago
she was supposed to portray billie holiday not diana and i think it would've been better,plus diana as billie was like beyonce in obsessed
bluemdrapperbaby 6 months ago
how come everybodys black?
finalsolution14 6 months ago
@finalsolution14 You would have to look at her documentry. I think it was because this was before the civil rights movement and they felt white America was not ready for anything interacial with blacks.
HairH2O 6 months ago
@HairH2O i was just kidding.
finalsolution14 6 months ago
i love this movie it's such a classic masterpiece and she did an amazing job.
stasha2u 6 months ago
That's somebody else voice singing.
thermopylae85 6 months ago
I loved her performance in this, she was so full of life and did a great job..sadly her life was cut short but she was extremely talented
Nij22son 6 months ago
Dorothy Dangdrige was the black Marilyn Monroe.
indeed1234 6 months ago
@indeed1234
i was tol' the same thing in 1991, when i first heard about her.
Arthro92 6 months ago
this is such a classic... I love checkin it out every now and again...
tlmcqu80 6 months ago
both of Harry Belafonte's parents were Jamaican immigrants-that's why he looks so exotic and handsome,=) He most likely has Spanish/Latin ancestry too based on the pronunciation of his last name and Jamaica's history. CLEARLY HE'S NOT AFRICAN-AMERICAN,look at the shape of his eyes, his cheekbones, his complexion, even the way he carries himself-all that shows he's of Caribbean decent and I think his parent either brought him over to the U.S> or gave birth to him in the U.S>...
JamaicanHottie181 6 months ago
@Adizero7000 -she was depressed, going through a lot of heartache.
JamaicanHottie181 6 months ago
According to Ms Eartha Kitt
fridaandjosephine 7 months ago
Oh yeah, it I didn't like the Carmen with Beyonce. called Carmen :A Hip Hopera.
It ruined...it...if they were going to remake it.. they should have made it along the lines of this version... the hip hop was so blah.
PurpleToilets 7 months ago
Janet Jackson definitely should have played her.
But Halle did wonderful i must admit.
Janet is playing Eartha Kitt in her biopic.
PurpleToilets 7 months ago
halle had dorothy's shape (slighly thinner) but janet had her face. Look at the eyes very similar.
swkstudent 7 months ago
look at harry b...cuz i got a girl, he running that game on cindy lou! with his fine self!
chiefexecutivelady 7 months ago
cindy lou looks like paula jai parker
chiefexecutivelady 7 months ago
So glad to see I'm not the only one who sees the uncanny resemblance between Janet Jackson and Dorothy Dandridge. Stop it at 7:04
tonybklyn 7 months ago
@tonybklyn yep, i always thought she should have played as dorothy. and i was watching different strokes when janet was on there, she has always bore a resemblence to her, even more before all the plastic surgery.
chiefexecutivelady 7 months ago
@chiefexecutivelady
"before ALL the plastic surgery?"
She had a nose job... y'all kill me with that crap.
britrob24 6 months ago
Carmen was bold singing to Cindy Lou's man while she was sitting there
JustAnn11485 7 months ago
I'm no Preminger fan, but IMO, this is a terrific movie! Superb portrayal by Dandridge--I'd give my eye teeth to hear her original pre-dub vocal. But Horne is also fantastic in matching her delivery on the dub track-- really seems to catch the spirit of Dorothy's portrayal. Dorothy was a wonderful singer (as is Belafonte), but the Bizet score calls for operatic voices.
paradiddleday 7 months ago
Marilyn Horne was a great singer from the beginning of her career.
Brahmsfourth 8 months ago
I guess you could say Halle is our Dorothy.
There's others of course, but by the similarities, she has to be one of the first ones I name.
Aariyan096 8 months ago
Dorothy looks like Tatiana Ali and Janet Jackson and Tamera Mowry and Halle Berry
africanTHEfire 9 months ago
Otto messed Dorothy up. After she was nominated for that OScar, she should have took the role of the slave. She ends up losing the OScar and less work was ofered to her. otto was just trying to control her.
makyshawms 9 months ago
Does anyone know what ever happen to Dorothy's manager who found her dead in her home? I know that Otto is deceased, but I have never heard anything about the other guy; I forgot his name too.
shorty1ification 9 months ago
@shorty1ification his name was Earl Mills. the "Dorothy Dandridge" movie with Halle Berry was based on the book he wrote about her life.
dayg715 7 months ago
@dayg715 Thank you for the name; I saw the movie with Halle Berry on last weekend on cable...do you know what ever happened to this man? I have been trying to find some information about him on yahoo and other sites, and I can't find anything.
shorty1ification 7 months ago
They had her so confused and brow beaten that she ended up marrying Otto Preminger and he used to humiliate her, fondle her, and make her cry on the set to show that he ,a white man, had power over a black diamond such as her.
rhsailor 9 months ago
Dorothy Dandridge swag was so so.. I can't even put it in words. Love her.
linwoodchick 9 months ago
I've said Halle, Tia & Tamera, & Ashanti reminds me of Dorothy. Does anyone else see it?
Aariyan096 9 months ago 2
@Aariyan096 i was with you until you said Ashanti...
69690patricia 8 months ago
@69690patricia If you go to Dorothy's Wikipedia page and see her picture, what do you think? When I first saw it I thought Ashanti. Then Halle! That was what I thought.
Aariyan096 8 months ago
@Aariyan096 Especially Tamera Mowry. And don't forget Kim Fields who played Tootie in "The Facts of Life" & Regine in "Living Single. She looks alot like Dorothy too. There is a video of Dorothy on youtube singing "Cow cow Boogie" she Kim looked just alike.
MiamiChicky 3 months ago
@MiamiChicky They surely do! Man, I wish I got to meet Dorothy. I guess the closest we'll ever get is with Halle, and watching her movie. Also, I need to get her biography sometime.
Aariyan096 3 months ago
To me in am honest opinion Dorothy Dandridge's look alike is Tamera Mowry i think tamera would have really pulled it off.
sohisgiril 9 months ago
@sohisgiril Tia & Tamera, especially Tamera reminded me of Dorothy a little when I saw a clip of her acting. I guess you and I was right :).
Aariyan096 9 months ago
Wow she was gorgegous!!!!!! A true natural beauty with no csmetic surgery!!!!
txvsbigapple 9 months ago
nice
sahra224 10 months ago
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This cast is full of handsome, pretty, and talented people. Who gives a damn what colour they are!
eddie123e 10 months ago
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this is truly an AMAZING movie!
brownsuga1991 10 months ago
Anyone else notice she looks like Janet Jackson
mjwifey4l 10 months ago
@mjwifey4l yep
BlacBlouse 10 months ago
@mjwifey4l
I don't see it. Besides Dorothy was born with her looks, no surgery to achieve it.
GypsyFairy85 10 months ago
@mjwifey4l Hey I said the same thing. She does look like Janet Jackson in a few scenes. I said it to my mother but she disagreed. I know Janet wanted this role as well as Whitney. But Janet could've pulled this role as much as Halle! Wow how extraordinary that someone else saw the same thing as me... Dorothy looks like Janet Jackson. And sometimes I see Halle Berry too! Thanks. We must have somethings in common!
pammu37 9 months ago in playlist Movie Carmen Jones
@pammu37 Lol yeah the resemblence is hard to miss, I also see a little Halle, but I would have loved to see Janet portral of Dorothy
mjwifey4l 9 months ago
That hair line is a hot damn mess!!
QueenAkasha23 10 months ago
This cast is full of handsome, pretty, and talented black people. Classic.
cutemiss89 10 months ago 2
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cutemiss89 10 months ago
Dorothy Messed around with Harry Belafonte in real life! It's in her book writted by her!
ckslade0 10 months ago
Haha, she said, " Prune puss, you make sounds that I dont like." I gotta use that line! That's funny!
HoneyLemonTee 11 months ago
Why in the hell did he sniff dat flower!!! If that was my man, and Carmen just did all of that - I'd be like Hellllll Nah!!!!!!!
Chante0105 11 months ago
Dorothy was amazing she played this part so well that you'd believe that was her real personality
Famegirls101 11 months ago
No wonder all the men wanted to be w/ her. Sooooo pretty.
HipHopcheerleader 11 months ago
classic hollywood when movie credits were seen at the begining
amantravonae 11 months ago 4
Carmen with beyonce doesnt compare to dorothy's, you really cant compare the two, i didnt notice it before but they both could take yo man in both movies! Dorothy dandridge is soooo beautiful! my god:)
shmexylexi1 11 months ago 3
I love this movie and Dorothy Dandridge she was good at her work.
24CryBaby 11 months ago
all i have to say is harry belfante!!!!!
briafunnyvids 1 year ago
harry belafonte!!!! chileeeee he could get it back then!
JL0vely 1 year ago 3
for some reason i wanted carmen to get the man
cecebun 1 year ago
i ain't about to sit there eating my meal why this chick all up on my man. but gotta love Dorothy anyway.
musiqtube1 1 year ago
i love her (dorothy dandridge) soooooooooo much
foyeklf 1 year ago
a totally amazing score in this film. It took me forever to finally find the soundtrack to this movie. At the risk of offending some purists, I'd have to say this is one of the most definitive performances of the play Carmen.
alanbweaver 1 year ago
omg mad that they recorded over the actual vocals
PINKPUMPZTV 1 year ago
@PINKPUMPZTV Do you mean the vocals for songs Dorothy Dandridge sang? Yes. But all of the background vocals were actually song by the extras in the movie. These were classically trained singers/actors. Great movie.
AquaCherokee27 1 year ago
@AquaCherokee27
not sure what you mean please xplain! What i do know is that her original vocals were recorded over. What do you know about it?
PINKPUMPZTV 1 year ago
Yes i love Dorothy Dandridge she the first black actress that caught my eye at the time!
bradjackson5 1 year ago
I think Dorothy Dandridge looks like actress Tamala Jones
flatbush911 1 year ago
Dorothy Dandridge was so beautiful!
kienyc92 1 year ago
Dorothy Dandridge was the hottest black woman at that time. Unfortunately she was completely underrated all because she was black being famous in the 1950's IN her real life she was messed up. I do have a strong feeling that if she had married Harry Belafonte she would still be alive today.
sheltv100 1 year ago 34
@sheltv100 harry wanted beckys
fridaandjosephine 7 months ago
@sheltv100 -agreed. she was amazingly beautiful and talented... she looks like she was "mixed"...
JamaicanHottie181 6 months ago
She was mixed, I think her father was half white.
sadepayne 6 months ago
@sadepayne both her parents were black! sorry to dissapoint you
kiaraditmasa 6 months ago
She was actually mixed, her mother Ruby was mixed with Jamaican, Mexican and Native American. Her father Cyril was a first generational mulatto. You can see the info on the website( Dorthy Dandridge grave) sorry to disappoint you. It was even mention on PBS Bio of her life. :)
sadepayne 6 months ago
@sadepayne What's that supposed to mean? ALL African Americans are "mixed". That's why we come in different hues. Yet we all(including Dorothy Dandridge)consider ourselves Black.
The only Black people in this country who aren't "mixed" are immigrants who have no ancestral history here.
Buzz0Killington 6 months ago
@sadepayne well than i guess almost half of black america is mixed and arent "black" its funny how people are quick to point how less black she was, when infact the white people back in her day openly called her nigger. just because she was light skin didnt mean she was treated any better than the rest as a *BLACK* actress she had to take the back seat when it came to roles.. there are dark skin black poeple and light skin black people. at the end of the day the world will always see u as blk
jerhazel 5 months ago
@jerhazel , I never said anything about her not being African American. I was basically stating that she had other cultures in her blood. I never said she was less black, what the hell are you talking about. Now what is crazy is that your profile has a saved favorite clip of the famous African Americans. They was seeking out their ancestry blood line. For you to get so offensive by me stating a true logic fact, that she was mixed. Is silly and it don't make sense at all,
sadepayne 5 months ago
@sadepayne I have to agree with jerhazel. She was darker than Rosa Parks and look what happened to Rosa Parks on the bus. Her mother was dark skinned with Jamaican background.
HairH2O 5 months ago
@sadepayne What blacks call mixed is probably someone you would call white. Those who can fully pass in a white neighbourhood.
HairH2O 5 months ago
@sadepayne LOL! No, both her parents were Black.
Like most black people in those days had a diverse mixture as we still do now.
I seen a picture of her parents and her mother looks predominantly black. And her father looks black as well he probably had some Native blood also.
Whenever there's a beautiful black woman someone has to make her out to be MIXED.
BTW- Mexico and Jamaica are not races they're places
She played a Mexican in a movie but she was African American
terrinyc29 1 month ago
@terrinyc29 I never said because she is a beautiful African American, that its because she mix. I'm stating a general fact, her dad was creole and her mother had Mexican in her blood. How I'm saying she not African, I think some people have issue with their own race. and take their pain on a general statement. you got offensive, I wonder why, was it because u always heard how the mix look better and always got attention. I'm sorry if society has made you that way. Halle is mix also so what
sadepayne 1 month ago
@sadepayne maybe ur Mexican why you keep saying she's part. Her mother could have been part Native American (most people who are from Mexico are NA) Most people when referring to AA understand there's Native blood and white blood in us but we don't refer to ourselves as Mixed. My Grandparents are very fair skin with straight hair but are black not Biracial. I'm light skinned with curly hair, both parents are black and I would never refer to myself as Mixed. All blacks are "Mixed"
terrinyc29 1 month ago
@terrinyc29 If all blacks are "mixed" then i don't see why its such an issue or concern what a certain person is mixed with, if they know what they are and prefer to say black or multiracial it should be their concern and no one else my mother is Black and Native American and my father is Black and French but they only claim one, African American, however I claim all three
omgrutb231 1 month ago
@sadepayne Its funny that you are so concerned with her genetic makeup. People pick a part a black woman that has been deemed beautiful. Most people refer to the President as Black not white and rarely biracial and he's a direct mixture not generational like Most African Americans including Ms.Dandridge. I never heard people dissecting Booker t Washington or Fredrick Douglas ancestry are referring to them as Mixed even though their fathers were white. We've learned to just be black.
terrinyc29 1 month ago
@terrinyc29 So now you assume that I am Mexican because I mention what was in her blood. Are you serious, come on now let's not go there. You not even listening to what I said, you stated her mom could have been part Native. I just explained this whole time Mexican and Jamaican, why would u say Native. Mix race, bi racial is all the same, how does that meaning seem noneducational when articles of educated writer's say the same thing. I didn't say anything wrong.
sadepayne 1 month ago
@terrinyc29 You seem to feel that when someone speaks of race, that it seems like a negative thing. Why is that, you're not open minded at all, your stuck in 1930's. It's 2012 people now can seek out what is in their blood line now. That doesn't mean if someone finds out they mix race, that they will not be African. You assume and you don't have an open mind to new and exciting information. This is legendary history, her mother and father ancestry, I'm not even understanding you
sadepayne 1 month ago
@terrinyc29 Her mother was of Irish, German, and Jamaican descent. Her father was of English, Scottish, and African American descent.
hjb103055 1 month ago 3
@terrinyc29 For your information I stated Jamaican and Mexican, not Jamaica and Mexico. Of course Jamaica and Mexico are places "no brainier!. Are you implying that Jamaican isn't a race or Mexican. BTW- I don't know what you saying, you seem confused by places and races. You obviously can't tell the difference, b4 u put someone on blast, please coming from a future teacher. Get a geography book and culture education. Your IQ is below the knowledge fact of what I am implying. Seriously
sadepayne 1 month ago
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capricornkarma 6 months ago
Dorothy Dandridge--unbelievably talented, gorgeous, charismatic and S*X ON A STICK. Truly UNBELIEVABLE Hollywood could not get past its prejudices to make her into a bigger star. RIP beautiful, talented lady.
NYCBlonde 1 year ago 2
Dorothy Dandrige has always been my fav. I have the movie Carmen
shundastanley 1 year ago 2
love this movie !!!!!
shesobreezy 1 year ago
@Rockstafeller it's called wikipedia babe.
hmbell2002 1 year ago
One of my fave movies and fave musicals. Excellent cast!
loisheartscinema 1 year ago
@OinoAray I agree
shirajai 1 year ago
Dorothy Paved the way for so many black actresses.
hmbell2002 1 year ago 3
@hmbell2002 really? any names of those supposed actresses?
Rockstafeller 1 year ago
love this movie <3<3<3
tenbabz 1 year ago 3
I could have done without the music numbers (dubbing was too much for me). But it was still a good movie nonetheless.
trevez789 1 year ago
@trevez789 Me either, but I enjoyed watching Dorothy and Harry very, very much.
1814Brandan 1 year ago
Ahhh the old movies and the talent in them, wonderful era, love looking them up on YouTube. Thanks for posting.
NJNUNEZ 1 year ago
i love this movie
iLesbian18 1 year ago
There's a purity in all the performances (save the silly black-talk) that make it continually enjoyable. I couldn't sit through 5 minutes of that Hip Hop Carmen. lol Thanks for uploading this gem. L
Loumademe 1 year ago
she was beautiful....halle berry wuz tha perfect person 2 portray her!!!
razfazberry 1 year ago
@HollywoodHillsCookie...yeah, didn't know that about the orig Broadway cast, but I do know that, in the film, Dandridge is not the one singing-- it's actually Marilyn Horne's voice that was dubbed
CandaceJohnsonSings 1 year ago
The actress who play's harry's girlfriend is adorable but she didn't stand a chance against Carmen.
IFeelHappy 1 year ago
omg thank you SO much! i love this version of the carmen opera! dandridge was absolutely remarkable and downright sultry in this movie.... if i love you thats the end of you" - love it!
xlaurenstephens 1 year ago
omg thank you SO much! i love this version of the carmen opera!
xlaurenstephens 1 year ago
Wow! The image here is so CLEAR! Good job!
This is my favorite musical : ) Did you know they had to do a reaaaaly wide search for the original Broadway cast, because the pool of classically trained black singers in NYC at the time was small? I've read that hey ended up with a conservatory student for Carmen, and an elevator operator for Joe...though I would have to verify that (Both superb, BTW.)
HollywoodHillsCookie 1 year ago
Joe is adorable. I love him :D
ABookwormAndProud 1 year ago
She should have won the Oscar for this role. To this day, Dorothy Dandridge's name is synonymous with "Carmen Jones". Absolutely gorgeous.
TheSapphireEmpress96 1 year ago 3
They should take some of Dorothy Dandridge ashes or hair fibers and bring her back to life
UniversalMinded 1 year ago 2
she looks like halle berry/janet jackson!!
8BEC 1 year ago
@8BEC well, Halle Berry did play her in her biopic
Ramal123 1 year ago
When she made her entrance at 05:27 she looked like a queen! Seductive without being SLUTTY! That's what we've lost in this era. Beautiful and strong people with CLASS!
5070162lee 1 year ago 4
omg she's beautiful.
Little janet looks just like her.
LuvThe80z 1 year ago
as beautiful as she was, its hard 2 believe that she was so unhappy & lonely.
afoolnluv35 1 year ago
@afoolnluv35
i know and that's what intrigued me so much about dorothy and her life story.
Arthro92 6 months ago
ok who's prettyier lennete mckeete or dorathy
10jaseera 1 year ago
I think I love this film too much. Is that even possible?
Fiyinxfolu 1 year ago 2
@Fiyinxfolu i know
10jaseera 1 year ago
Dorothy & Harry really do make a good looking couple:)
Mj4Eternity58 1 year ago 11
what a shame america lost so much talent through racism in those days this lady was fantastic but got shunned in the industry they always tried to get whites painted black to play the parts or in the case of asian movies the main roles were cast to white people with make up in a vain effort to make them look asian poor sad souls
thinkorthwim69 1 year ago 3
@grownfolksmusic LOL thats so true, dont no damn black kids sound like that
DisturbiaLa3 1 year ago
missybundyx3, I also like the singing voice, but it's not Dorothy Dandridge. She did much of her own singing, but in this case it is Marilyn Horne. This was overdubbed back in 1954.
flutina99 1 year ago
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flutina99 1 year ago
The main guy is very hot. I'm 16 and I love these 'old' movies :). Any reccomendations would be welcome :p
optimisticbabe 1 year ago
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@optimisticbabe Sparkle is a very good movie. If you haven't seen it yet you need to.
antonio26261 1 year ago
@optimisticbabe it depends what kind of movies you like. but I really like Move Over Darling, Jumbo, Midnight Lace, I also love movies with actors such as Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant, Rex Harrison, Hayley Mills, Katherine Hepburn, Doris Day and Audry Hepburn to name a few, I'm still finding movies myself, my advice is to pick any actor and begin searching for the movies that they played in.
other movies;an affair to remember;the Philadelphia story; Charade;Operation Petticoat;His Girl Friday;etc.
Aprilstorm21 1 year ago
@optimisticbabe
Yes, back in the day, Harry Belafonte was F-I-N-E!
RETROGEMS 1 year ago 9
@RETROGEMS and he still is a handsome man for his age, he aged well
lovelydiva06 7 months ago in playlist Carmen Jones
@RETROGEMS -He's Jamaican/American =) .West Indian people are very good looking =)
JamaicanHottie181 6 months ago
Looks like an all black cast.I saw this movie years ago when I was little, so I don't quite remember..Dorothy Dandridge was SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL-her hair, her skin ,her body, her face-everything about her was just mesmerizing. She should've been a bigger star than she WAS,but RACISTS made sure that didn't happen though. Times were hard:segregation.I hope black stars nowadays appreciate the fact that black stars decades ago paved the way for them&won't take their opportunities&stardom for granted.
JamaicanHottie181 6 months ago
if i was cindy lou, i would have tripped that bitch! lol!
shoobedoorocketship 1 year ago 2
Now, they KNOW all them negro chiren didn't sing like that! lmao
GrownFolksMusic 1 year ago
This is the BEST part of this movie! Thanks for posting!
LadyLovesMovies 1 year ago
well, dat's de end of dis fo' me, massuh.
kumada84 1 year ago
She was so pretty. I think this is the inspiration behind Beyonce's "Carmen: A Hip Hopera" movie. It has the same sort of acting - singing theme to it, almost the same exact set up.
BIGFACEFLIPPDAWG 1 year ago
@BIGFACEFLIPPDAWG Uh, YES! In case you didn't figure it out, this was the original 1954 movie in which the 90's remake was created from. Beyonce did no justice. Props to Robert Townsend however for bringing a classic film to a newer, younger generation to appreciate.
GrownFolksMusic 1 year ago
LOVE CARMEN & DOROTHY!
isabelle713 1 year ago
I'm so happy I own this movie... I love it so much
virgoluvangel 1 year ago