Dorothy Dandridge - Cow Cow Boogie

Lovely Dorothy Dandridge (CARMEN JONES) stars in this Soundie from 1942. Watch for comedian Dudley Dickerson--a familiar face in Three Stooges comedies--as a two-gun hombre who shouts, "Yippee! Solid, man, solid!"

Read all about Soundies in THE SOUNDIES BOOK: A REVISED AND EXPANDED GUIDE TO THE "MUSIC VIDEOS" OF THE 1940s (2007) available from iUniverse at www.iuniverse.com

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[joel1975]

Dorothy Dandridge was hot!!!

[wmnoyt]

Dandridge was talented and a treasure, but THIS film short is not support for the concept of stealing anything from African Americans. Song written in 1941 by writers employed by a movie studio for (but not used in) the Abbott & Costello movie, Ride 'Em Cowboy. And, you folks in Europe definitely know something about imperialism - we learned that lesson from you!

[ccaammiiittoo1]

@Godisgood818 I do so hate to sound snobby. But Dandridge, so much like Lena Horne and opera star Shirley Verrett, was a charter member of the African American gentry, so much so that many were shocked by her taking her life in an hour of gripping need, what with so many of the well heeled black gentry ready to assist her. At this writing, I do not know the whereabouts of Harilyn, her only child by Harold Nicholas.

[Godisgood818]

@ccaammiiittoo1 No i have not, but i will check it out.

[ccaammiiittoo1]

@Godisgood818 Did you catch her singing "Undecided" as one of the Dandridge Sisters? I wish now that Dot hadn't gone to Hollywood, since they didn't know how to package her. They didn't take advantage of either her singing or dancing styles. But for the color problem of the time, she would've gone on to be a popular as Betty Grable.

[Godisgood818]

IF I HAD A GIRL LIKE THAT I WOULD MAKE HER MY WIFE. I WOULD NOT LET ANY OTHER GUY GET HER. I WOULDN'T BREAK-UP WITH HER, I MEAN.

[Godisgood818]

WE (GUYS LIKE MYSELF) AND GALS ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS: BLACKS, WHITES, JAMAICANS, ETC... THE RACE THING DOES NOT MATTER!!!

[Godisgood818]

@ccaammiiittoo1 I BELIEVE SHE DID. BEAUTIFUL MELODY TOO!!

[Godisgood818]

@Pantages98382 MOST GUYS WHO WATCH THIS EXACT VIDEO WANT TO WATCH IT AGAIN. THAT'S WHAT I DID AFTER I ACIDDENTALLY SAW IT.

[Godisgood818]

finest dancing i have seen from any beautiful girl!

[Godisgood818]

I THINK WHEREVER SHE SET FOOT SHE CREATED DRAMA BECAUSE SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. HOW MANY 20 YEAR OLD GIRLS CAN DO THAT TODAY? I HAVE NOT SEEN IT!!