Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Promotional poster
GenreBiographical drama
Based onDorothy Dandridge
by Earl Mills
Screenplay by
Directed byMartha Coolidge
Starring
ComposerElmer Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerLarry Y. Albucher
CinematographyRobbie Greenberg
EditorAlan Heim
Running time120 minutes
Production companies
Budget$9.2 million
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseAugust 21, 1999 (1999-08-21)
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the 1991 biography Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills.[1] Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999.[2] The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.[3]

  1. ^ Mills, Earl (1999). Dorothy Dandridge: An Intimate Portrait of Hollywood's First Major Black Film Star. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87067-899-8.
  2. ^ "Halle Berry Brings the Passion and Pain of Dorothy Dandridge to HBO Movie". Jet. Vol. 96, no. 12. August 23, 1999. p. 60. ISSN 0021-5996.
  3. ^ Coolidge, Martha (1999). Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack (liner notes). Elmer Bernstein. BMG. 09026 63544-2.