Talk:Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy's first on screen kiss with a white man

Was not in the movie Malaga. She kissed Curd Jurgens in Tamango, which came out in 1958. Malaga came out in 1960. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bow30peep1970 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

It was a ravishment by the actor upon her. It was a complete ravishment.--Laurencebeck (talk) 06:56, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

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Dandridge would have has no night club career at all with any other voice than her own which contained a unique tremelo – totally distinct from the recognized tremelos of Ella Fitzgerald or Ethel Merman – yet it was not *advanted on the sound track.

the word that was attempted to be found is *advantaged.--Laurencebeck (talk) 07:58, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

This is a personal observation and has no references/sources. Nowhere else in the article is Miss Dandridge's voice-quality even mentioned. Find a published reliable source that talks about Miss Dandridge's singing voice then the information along with the citation/s could be added to the article. Also, "tremelo" is a city in Flanders, "tremolo" is a particular quality of the human voice. Shearonink (talk) 05:43, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

For the benefit of Wikireaders editor Shearonink makes the very correct distinction between tremelo and tremolo.--Laurencebeck (talk) 23:11, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much for reverting my slack editing to the previous status of the article.

I would like to explore the effect of the operatic singer's interpretations on the performance of Dorothy Dandridge. I saw the film when first released, 1954, aged 14. I had been going to movies ( the Saturday matinee ) for 8 years so I had a set of value responses that I could apply.

I didn't think the combination of the actress and the singing was "sexy". [I can remember Lana Turner in "The Three Muskateers" 1949 and my value responses told to me yea . .sexy.]

For this experienced performer, Dorothy Dandridge ( all her life) to try and wrench a seductive "My heart belongs to Daddy" out of that sound-track was an impossibility. Much is said about the difficulty between Preminger and Dorothy Dandridge during the shoot of the later movie "Porgie and Bess" but nothing of any problems during "Carmen Jones".

If Dandridge had said, "I can't mime this stuff . . it's not me!" That report from the set of "Carmen Jones" is not reported.

I was not impressed with the movie. My fourteen year old impression has only become more acute.

It is over 60 years since the film's release and what is called revisionism would work at this stage, I would think.

Miss Dandridge in her early movie and contemporary television appearances and night club performances had by the very tone of her voice, the Maker's gift of the fairest set of pins you'd've ever seen, and her readily almost legendarily accepted "angel boobs" worked up an enthusiastic what is now called "fan base". They walked out of this movie with more ashen faces than humming the tunes.

Again, it is over 60 years since the film's release, and can afford some merciless deconstructon.

And again, thank you for eliminating my I must say very uncustomary inattentive Wikipedia editing.--Laurencebeck (talk) 07:23, 14 March 2015 (UTC)