I just looked up her information. I am shocked that they didn't say she was a biracial! So both her parents were considered Black? She is so light-skinned and has European features as well. She reminds me of an earlier Halle Berry.
@@lemurianchick Biracial is a modern term...due to America being racist inherently anything part black is just black....I am mixed raced and I was never called mixed raced until I left the south....
ᛖᚹᚨᚾ don’t have to be mixed to look like her is the thing, along with the fact that back then if you had one drop of black your other heritage didn’t matter
@@lemurianchick back in those days it was better to be considered one or the other as opposed to both because much like now you get scorned from both sides of your racial heritage but back then you got a lot worse
The women back in these days were absolute breathtaking!!! I’m so hypnotized watching her. And I actually never watched Halle berrys performance but they do looks so very similar . Got check it out
Dorothy Dandridge was such a beautiful woman. When I first saw her when I googled her a few days ago I was blown away. She was complete gorgeous it's a real shame she passed away at just 43 years old. Another beautiful woman of color. R.I.P Miss Dandridge.
Well, even that was disputed. They said it could have been a blood clot, but considering some other factors where she indicated her depression, it was probably suicide.
LYRICS: A ZOOT SUIT (FOR MY SUNDAY GAL) (as sung by Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White) Guy: I want ah zoot suit with ah reet pleat With ah drape shape, and ah stuff cuff To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal I want ah reef sleeve with ah right stripe And ah vest pressed in the glad plaid in the latest fad to see my Sunday gal I wanna look keen so my dream will say "You don't look like the same beau." So keen that she'll scream "Ahh! Here comes my walking rainbow." So make ah zoot suit with ah reet pleat And with ah drape shape, and ah stuff cuff To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal Gal: I want ah brown gown with ah zop top And ah hip slip, and ah laced waist In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man I want ah scat hat with a trim brim Ah sag bag with ah riff zip to look plenty hip to see my Sunday Sam. Justa wanna look keen so my dream will say "Ain't I the lucky fellah" So keen that he'll scream, "Baby, you sure look mellow". So make ah brown gown with ah zop top Ah hip slip, and ah laced waist In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man ... Guy: I gotta zoot suit with ah reet pleat With ah drape shape, and ah stuff cuff So I look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal I gotta brown gown with ah zop top And ah hip slip, and ah laced waist In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday Sam I wanna look keen so my dream will say "You don't look like the same beau." So keen that I'll scream "Here comes my walking rainbow" I gotta zoot suit with the reet pleat And the stuff cuff with the glad plaid In the latest fad to see my Sunday gal [Girl sings "to see my Sunday guy".
Do you know how it was that Halle Berry got to play Dorothy Dandridge?. I recall reading that a good number of attractive sisters tried out for part, but Halle got it.
SagesseNoir I still do not know why Halle was chosen, she doesn't look anymore like Dorothy Dandridge than Janet Jackson did in the 24 foreplay video. If Phylicia Rashad would have been younger should would have been the perfect Dorothy. Besides being gorgeous Phylicia had the perfect sophisticated/elegant/refine air that Dorothy Dandridge possessed.
Vatrice George I think Halle (like Dorothy delicately beautiful and fey, with a biracial crossover appeal, elegant or earthy as roles required) was a near perfect choice. I don't see PR as evoking DD.
This is entertainment what we see today has no showmanship those faces take skill.In those days you had to really be able to clown around or you could hang up having a professional career in showbusiness lol
That adorable pout worked for her. On picking up an order to take out in an ethnic restaurant in Beverly Hills called Ah Fong (owner: movie star, Benson Fong), I happened upon Dandridge and her then husband, restaurateur Jack Denison, leaving the restaurant. She's beautiful off camera as well. I still mourn her passing.
Who’s the first person singing? He gives me a Louis Armstrong vibe, but the voice isn’t hoarse enough. This song’s in my head so often and it’s nice to hear it in context. DD was a stunner of course. I just don’t remember seeing this before or it’s been a while.
Dorothy Dandridge, at age 20, showing a sneak preview of a coming attraction...Herself. The star was slowly trying to come out in 1942, but it would take another eight years before she starred in a feature film, The Harlem Globetrotters, that mainstream audiences took notice. The rest is history.
Very talented beautiful Dorothy your story touched my heart seem you had a lot of pain and people using you. Pray you found our Loving FATHER GOD through his Loving Son JESUS CHRIST at the end.😇🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇😇😇😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
She's stunning , absolutely breathtaking . I hate that I didn't really know Much about her until last year , but better late than never . Had to watch some of her performances after watching Halle berrys version of the movie
I want a zoot suit, I want the reet pleat, With the drape shape, And a dup cuff to look sharp enough, To see my sunday gal, come on man, bars. I don't want to hear shit else about nobody starting hip hop in the 70's.
Dorothy is absolutely stunning, but the guy is making the strangest faces....I'll bet they told him to do that, but dear God, it is sooo irritating....and funny. 😂😒
Black men were required to do a Roger Rabbit routine, to put the white people in the audience at ease. It's not like that now, but it's a little like that now. It's why Obama couldn't let himself be seen 'pissed off' during his Presidency, or those shit heads on Fox News would accuse him of being a thug.
@@mwbright bro I remember Obama was the most chill president look how all the ( not all but most) other president acted in history no fear on getting rough lol 😂 President style ( I'm excluding tump because because his turn hasn't ended yet but yeah some good some bad I'm a felon so I can't vote)
Dorothy was so beautiful shame she had such a hard life
I just looked up her information. I am shocked that they didn't say she was a biracial! So both her parents were considered Black? She is so light-skinned and has European features as well. She reminds me of an earlier Halle Berry.
@@lemurianchick Biracial is a modern term...due to America being racist inherently anything part black is just black....I am mixed raced and I was never called mixed raced until I left the south....
Just about the cutest girl who ever appeared on a screen.
ᛖᚹᚨᚾ don’t have to be mixed to look like her is the thing, along with the fact that back then if you had one drop of black your other heritage didn’t matter
@@lemurianchick back in those days it was better to be considered one or the other as opposed to both because much like now you get scorned from both sides of your racial heritage but back then you got a lot worse
Wow Dorothy Dandridge was a beautiful woman.
@Sam Armstrong She was married to a white man.
Y’all are dumbasses
@@johnerikson828 She had a blackan before that. And he walked out on her.
Lol who cares?!! America is soo obsessed with race
@@strawberryshortcake5772 White Americans. Nobody else gives a fuck unless they have something to do with it.
Omg she's so pretty I love her attitude
Ohmygosh*
The women back in these days were absolute breathtaking!!! I’m so hypnotized watching her. And I actually never watched Halle berrys performance but they do looks so very similar . Got check it out
It’s not that she’s only gorgeous, she was very talented! I wish she lived longer and done more with her career.
I'm really enjoying discovering artists from this era and genre... So many gifted entertainers.
I feel so alive watching oldies on RUclips.
Dorothy Dandridge was such a beautiful woman. When I first saw her when I googled her a few days ago I was blown away. She was complete gorgeous it's a real shame she passed away at just 43 years old. Another beautiful woman of color. R.I.P Miss Dandridge.
She passed at 42.
***** Well I was still close lol
Joseph C. Lee she committed suicide, sorry late comment
Well, even that was disputed. They said it could have been a blood clot, but considering some other factors where she indicated her depression, it was probably suicide.
Her death not really solve her death is similar to Marilyn Monroe like a accidental overdose
I can't stop staring at her. She's the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life.
man, how freaking gorgeous was this woman!!!
She's very cute and pretty in 1942, but startling, stunning, eye-popping gorgeous in the 1950s.
Oh my god she's gorgeous. I'm in love.
Dorothy Dandridge is soooooooo cute.
Dorothy what a beautiful woman talent from head to toe
I love her in Carmen Jones with Harry B.
Ana...indeed...
Ya need more oooooooooooooooo's
in ur soooo...
The cutest ever...
Thats a great song. Like that swing band music from the old days.va great voice dorathy dandridge got
well i'll be dammed if she isn't one of the most adorable women i'v ever seen.
“A zag bag , with the ripped zip , to look PLENTY HEP/HIP!” 🔥🔥🔥😩😩😩👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ they had bars back in ‘42 !
LYRICS: A ZOOT SUIT (FOR MY SUNDAY GAL)
(as sung by Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White)
Guy:
I want ah zoot suit with ah reet pleat
With ah drape shape, and ah stuff cuff
To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal
I want ah reef sleeve with ah right stripe
And ah vest pressed in the glad plaid
in the latest fad to see my Sunday gal
I wanna look keen so my dream will say
"You don't look like the same beau."
So keen that she'll scream
"Ahh! Here comes my walking rainbow."
So make ah zoot suit with ah reet pleat
And with ah drape shape, and ah stuff cuff
To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal
Gal:
I want ah brown gown with ah zop top
And ah hip slip, and ah laced waist
In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man
I want ah scat hat with a trim brim
Ah sag bag with ah riff zip
to look plenty hip to see my Sunday Sam.
Justa wanna look keen so my dream will say
"Ain't I the lucky fellah"
So keen that he'll scream, "Baby, you sure look mellow".
So make ah brown gown with ah zop top
Ah hip slip, and ah laced waist
In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man
...
Guy:
I gotta zoot suit with ah reet pleat
With ah drape shape, and ah stuff cuff
So I look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal
I gotta brown gown with ah zop top
And ah hip slip, and ah laced waist
In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday Sam
I wanna look keen so my dream will say
"You don't look like the same beau."
So keen that I'll scream
"Here comes my walking rainbow"
I gotta zoot suit with the reet pleat
And the stuff cuff with the glad plaid
In the latest fad to see my Sunday gal [Girl sings "to see my Sunday guy".
Black beauty is truly astounding isn't it? (Not really a question I know it is) 😍❤
I want a mf uhh boneless pizza
So are all the other color beauties.
B o n e l e s s
@@wolfphantom9256 hater
@@j.kirkpatrick1919 how am I a hater if I can find women of every color beautiful? XD
she's too gorgeous 😍
OK, WE KNOW YOU ARE...
Do you know how it was that Halle Berry got to play Dorothy Dandridge?. I recall reading that a good number of attractive sisters tried out for part, but Halle got it.
SagesseNoir I still do not know why Halle was chosen, she doesn't look anymore like Dorothy Dandridge than Janet Jackson did in the 24 foreplay video. If Phylicia Rashad would have been younger should would have been the perfect Dorothy. Besides being gorgeous Phylicia had the perfect sophisticated/elegant/refine air that Dorothy Dandridge possessed.
Vatrice George I guess Halle Berry was closer to Dorothy in complexion. But I don't think Dorothy was quite as thin as was/is Halle.
Vatrice George I think Halle (like Dorothy delicately beautiful and fey, with a biracial crossover appeal, elegant or earthy as roles required) was a near perfect choice. I don't see PR as evoking DD.
The King of Pop got some inspiration from this guy but made the moves look sharper so much talent so sad they are gone :-(
1:02 I love that wink she did lol so pretty
75 years ago. What a timeless beauty!
She's so youthful
Dorothy is soo cute and pretty in this clip, but lets also give Paul White his flowers as well. He was really talented. R.I.P
to two great talents
I'm so excited to be playing her character in my companies production of The Cotton Club 😍☺️
those cheeckbones!!
Oh gosh she was such a cutie! A doll!
YOU'LL HOW CAVEMEN DROVE HER CRAZY...
Now this us what I call ol school hip hop
That 1st minute was rough but I hung in there lol I Hope And Pray We've Been Making These Faces Forever.
I tried to repeat this once it wasn't easy lol
The jive we talk today is more drug and guns and police references lol
Naaaw I gotta hear that story! (And they can't even do it right lol with all those serious faces. Get Hot!)
This is entertainment what we see today has no showmanship those faces take skill.In those days you had to really be able to clown around or you could hang up having a professional career in showbusiness lol
Dorothy is the cutest
lil thing ever...
Truly a sight to behold...
I'm in love... 💘
That adorable pout worked for her. On picking up an order to take out in an ethnic restaurant in Beverly Hills called Ah Fong (owner: movie star, Benson Fong), I happened upon Dandridge and her then husband, restaurateur Jack Denison, leaving the restaurant. She's beautiful off camera as well. I still mourn her passing.
Amazing, the timing on this number is impeccable.
Dorothy was beautiful 😍
He can sang. I love. Old school
She's adorable
She's a doll!
The day when we can look at each others as humans instead of stereotypes and colors :(
RIP Dorothy
Dorothy Dandridge was simply gorgeous. I love her hair style
I love Dorothy, she was an absolute doll
Amazing!!!
So this was the birth of the zoot suit era!
Dorothy Dandridge Was beautiful woman
She was such a beautiful black woman and the government killed her 💅🏽🌺rip Dorothy
Great performance dude and Dorothy.
Who’s the first person singing? He gives me a Louis Armstrong vibe, but the voice isn’t hoarse enough. This song’s in my head so often and it’s nice to hear it in context. DD was a stunner of course. I just don’t remember seeing this before or it’s been a while.
What a cutie pie, that Dorothy Dandridge!!! :)
She sooo pretty 😍
What talented performers! Dorthy D. is so naturally beautiful.
I wished they made more music videos like this. Wholesome and entertaining.
Lol Dorothy's little Sunday man is too funny.
So BEAUTIFUL! Her facial expressions were pure and very animated
Dorothy is a cutie.
REMEMBERING DOROTHY JEAN DANDRIDGE (NOVEMBER 9, 1922 - SEPTEMBER 8, 1965) [11/08/2015]
❤
she is so beautiful
wooooooo! shit she is cute as hell!
I know he was captivated by her talent and beauty
Dorothy was a beautiful woman.She was so talent but Hollywood was so different back then.They didn't have many roles for her talent
This is catchy as he'll, I got zoot suit hmm hmm lol!!
Dorothy was so gosh darn beautiful
She was beutiful!!!
Dorothy was the beauty of the forties!
50's
Amazing production and acting.....some much talent 😍
She was Beautiful
she was so adorable and talented!
Dorothy Dandridge is so charming. Her facial expressions are magical almost.
What a lovely thing to watch. Amazing people. Amazing performance 🤩
I wish I can go back in the day and see her live in concert
She is very stunning if she was born in a different time she would have a different outcome
Being proud of wonderful dancer
love her!!
SUPER DUPER! The male dancer is credited as Paul White.
thanks MrRichiekaye I was wonderin who that cool man was.
Dorothy Dandridge, at age 20, showing a sneak preview of a coming attraction...Herself. The star was slowly trying to come out in 1942, but it would take another eight years before she starred in a feature film, The Harlem Globetrotters, that mainstream audiences took notice. The rest is history.
such a beauty .. love her
GREAT!!!
i love this movie clip
I love this video. Dorothy Dandridge is a treasure.
Such a cute number!
What an adorable person!
Beautiful and talented...……………..what a woman.
Excellent actress/singer period...well yeah!
Dorothy and Josephine Baker were both gorgeous 👍🏾
I wish this kind of jive talk was still cool.
Very talented beautiful Dorothy your story touched my heart seem you had a lot of pain and people using you. Pray you found our Loving FATHER GOD through his Loving Son JESUS CHRIST at the end.😇🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😇😇😇😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love it:)
I saw her in the movie bright light i immediately fell in love with that beauty
Amazing
A FLAWLESS BEAUTY.
oh so classy, she jumps off the screen. Amazing!!!
She's stunning , absolutely breathtaking . I hate that I didn't really know Much about her until last year , but better late than never . Had to watch some of her performances after watching Halle berrys version of the movie
I want a zoot suit, I want the reet pleat, With the drape shape, And a dup cuff to look sharp enough, To see my sunday gal, come on man, bars. I don't want to hear shit else about nobody starting hip hop in the 70's.
She’s so sweet !!
She is awsome!
Beautiful Absolutely gorgeous 🥰💕
She has such a pure doe like look in this. She was such a beautiful woman
*Beautiful Smart and Innovative*
Beautiful fashions!
Gorgeous!
So cute
Dorothy is absolutely stunning, but the guy is making the strangest faces....I'll bet they told him to do that, but dear God, it is sooo irritating....and funny. 😂😒
they do it today too. the Hollywood shuffle. They have to 'act black'
I agree with you but I suppose in those days black actors had no choice but to look stupid
Black men were required to do a Roger Rabbit routine, to put the white people in the audience at ease. It's not like that now, but it's a little like that now. It's why Obama couldn't let himself be seen 'pissed off' during his Presidency, or those shit heads on Fox News would accuse him of being a thug.
@@mwbright The Black Tax :(
@@mwbright bro I remember Obama was the most chill president look how all the ( not all but most) other president acted in history no fear on getting rough lol 😂 President style ( I'm excluding tump because because his turn hasn't ended yet but yeah some good some bad I'm a felon so I can't vote)
paul white smooth as shyt. Hes a fellow Taurean like me.
. so hip , great