| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | |
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| Genre | Biographical drama |
| Based on | Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills |
| Screenplay by | |
| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Elmer Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | Larry Y. Albucher |
| Cinematography | Robbie Greenberg |
| Editor | Alan Heim |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
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| Budget | $9.2 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | August 21, 1999 |
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Coolidge, Martha (1999). Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: An HBO Original Movie Soundtrack (liner notes). Elmer Bernstein. BMG. 09026 63544-2.