Introducing Dorothy Dandridge


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. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in late 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.

Cast

Production

Filming began on 29 September 1998.

Soundtrack

RCA Victor released a soundtrack album on August 10, 1999.
  1. "Your Red Wagon" – Wendi Williams
  2. "I Got Rhythm" – Wendi Williams
  3. "Hep Hop" – Bill Elliott
  4. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" – Wendi Williams
  5. "Sportsman's Mambo" – Bill Elliott
  6. "Somebody" – Wendi Williams
  7. "Twelve Cylinders" – Bill Elliott
  8. "You Do Something to Me" – Wendi Williams
  9. "Zoot Suit for My Sunday Gal" – Wendi Williams
  10. "That's All" – Wendi Williams
  11. "Streamliner" – Bill Elliott
  12. "First Telephone" – Elmer Bernstein
  13. "Try Again" – Elmer Bernstein
  14. "No Song" – Elmer Bernstein
  15. "Dorothy" – Elmer Bernstein