Product Details

• Actors: Joe Adams, Obba Babatunde, Halle Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Laurence Fishburne
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009MEGF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,289 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This intimate protrait charts both the personal tragedies and public triumphs of the screen goddess who delighted audiences in nightclubs film and tv for more than 35 years. Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: 06/24/2003 Run time: 60 minutes

Customer Reviews

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Original American Beauty, April 30, 2004

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C. Avery "sparkle22" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (DVD)

This is a wonderful dvd to add to your collection. It's basically a 1 hr documentary on the life and career of the 1st African American woman to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. If you have an attention span comprable to a fish, don't buy it, but if you're genuinely interested in learning about an exeptional trailblazer (in her own right), this is the dvd to purchase. Respect is finally being rightfully given to this amazing woman, and she definitely deserved it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction for Those Unfamiliar with Dorothy, November 30, 2010

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Shaleena Abron "scbookluva" (orlando, fl USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (DVD)

This was a good DVD, albeit too short to cover all of the interesting details of Dorothy's short life. It is a good DVD if one seeks an introductory DVD that covers the main points/events. I recently viewed the movie "Island in the Sun" and although Dorothy was not billed as a lead star, the DVD contains a feature called "Little Girl Lost" dedicated to the life of Dorothy herself. In my opinion, although it was a feature of another movie, it surprisingly had more provocative information that this DVD. It featured interviews with more people in Dorothy's circle (including Harold Nicholas, Dianne Carroll and her sister in law). It went into further details about her relationships and early hardships in Hollywood (it has a segment chronicling and event in which she was attacked in Hedda Hopper's gossip column for dancing with acting classmate/friend Anthony Quinn at a party) and showed more rare footage of her early career. For someone who has an interest, I would suggest purchasing the DVD "Island in the Sun" for this feature alone.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WELL APPRECIATED!!!!!!!, September 28, 2007

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Ty "Apples" (new jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (DVD)

If you can appreciate and love Dorothy Dandridge for the icon she is, you will definitely love this product. It is a well put together biography with many important people featured in it to vouch for my review. Her beauty, pain, and success are all captured in 60 mins. of this pure entertaining saga. ENJOY!