Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 14:52
Black and Brown History Everyday: Dorothy Dandridge #BlackAndBrownHistoryEveryDay
And in 1953, a talent search was conducted by 20th Century Fox, and they began the process of casting an all black musical film adaptation of Oscar Hammondstein's I know I pronounced that wrong. 1943 Broadway musical Carmen Jones. This production had been updated from an opera, and now Miss Dandruff has leading role in this particular film, this musical. So Otto Preminger, who was the director, he could see no gift to portray the classic fatal for Tam, Carmen Jones
Cheyonia Wade
@Chey · 0:22
It. I really enjoyed listening to this entire swell. Definitely keep them coming. I will be looking out for them. And I really appreciated this, the backstory, the history, and the way you told the story. This was great. Thanks
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 3:10
And I believe that had she been here, she'd have so many movies, tv, tell, like Lena Horne and Diane Carroll, all the people that lived past this era, but she's not here. And I just want to say just a little bit more about her, just to show you how resilient, how much strength that she had and how much she really, really wanted to do a good job for her people and how prejudiceness and racist behavior even, it pissed her off
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:22
Thank you so much for listening. I so enjoy talking about black and brown people. I really, really do. We have made so many contributions to this world, and some of it is just not publicized. Some of it is, some of it isn't. But I want to share as much as I possibly can with everybody that I can, and I really enjoy the fact that you listen. So thank you so much
