Dorothy Dandrige had a great voice, but Marilyn Horne (famous opera singer) actually did the singing in this movie. They actually became friends during the filming of the movie as well,
@@septiawoman2911 except for Pearle Bailey. They figured that having white singers would keep the prestigious of the opera 😒 even tho most of them were famed singers. But not Pearle. I think because her speaking voice and singing voice were so distinctive.
The producer also had some other actors' singing voices dubbed, I read online years ago. For an operatic vocal effect, so to speak. This included the late Harry Belafonte. I believe they used Pearl Bailey's actual singing voice in that dancing scene featuring late drummer Max Roach...
She´s a masterpeiece , just a one of a kind my eyes was stuck to the screen normaly in old movies i yawn once ore twice. BUT D.D is JUST SO FREAKING AWESOME!
She played Carmen and her performance in Porgy and Bess as Bess were two excellent roles for her. She is still my favorite actress. Hollywood was not ready for her.
In 1954, director and writer Otto Preminger cast Dandridge, along with Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, and Joe Adams in his production of Carmen Jones. Dandridge's singing voice was dubbed by Marilyn Horne.
Acc to Belafonte's autobiography "My Song", the rights to Bizet's Carmen were owned by the composer's family and they required the film remain true to its operatic roots. That required operatic voices that neither Harry nor Dorothy had, hence the dubbing. Which is too bad because it would have been even better and more interesting had they sung it naturally. BTW his book is amazing. He was a complicated, brilliant, and talented man who was a stalwart pillar of the civil rights movement and an international humanitarian. We won't see anyone like him anytime soon.
Huh, thanks for the info. I never knew that wasn't her singing. I still think that she was great and that she was a wonderful/beautiful woman. I'd love to play her someday if I ever got the chance.
I love this. DD is epic in this. I think everyone should take an African American Film Studies master class. The question in our at UNC was “how close is this to Mozart s barber of Sevilla “? Dats love as DD would say=] DD rivals josephine baker in terms of “pre- instagram influencer status”. My 2 Dr king professors at UNC would have a good debate about the cultural relevance of this “flic”.
It wasn't that her voice wasn't good enough, the people who owned the rights to Carmen wanted an actual opera singer to do the singing. The opera singer they chose tried to sound like Dorothy's speaking voice which resulted in her sounding like Dorothy's singing voice. She definitely could have done her own singing.
The only thing that sucked about this movie was that they didnt use Harry's voice when his character sang. How do you not use the voice of one of the greatest singers of all time in this movie? I saw part of it. I saw from this scene til the end. I would love to see all of it someday. Harry is still with us. I would love to meet him.
@purpoguh87 Indeed, what happened? Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge - then the later age of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Berry Gordy Motown style...smart, articulate, well-presented. How low the black folk have fallen from those great heights. Now we have the primal grunting of 'rap singers', and their paeans to 'bitches', 'niggaz', 'dawgs' and 'hoes'.
I watched this movie when I was younger and then eventually bought this movie years ago for my two daughters before their teen years and they actually LOVED the film. I was really proud to introduce a part of "black history" to them that they could enjoy. Dorothy and Harry did wonderful jobs in their acting and performing...
@novusmundi --They also did not use Dorothy Dandridge voice as well in the movie. The singing parts were sung by another person. You have to remember during those times, racism was at its best and even though Harry Belafonte was a great performer, they probably decided to go with an "white" counterpart....
@eddiewillers1 did ya think about the things they did back then exact same as the performers this movie is super raunchy for that time period fats waller sang about drugs and sex louis armstrong made whoopie i'm pretty sure they said the same thing about Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge - then the later age of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Berry Gordy Motown style
I was born in 64 in california, and i would hear the stories of white and black restrooms. I thought i was hearing a joke. No way were people this ignorant! In my home town they would not let blacks swim in the recreation pool in our town except on wednesdays. Then they would drain the pool!! Now i was just a kid and i knew how stupid that was! I just watched the halle movie last night and she did a great job. I dont believe in the term, "african american" They are anericans! GOD BLESS
The film was based on the original opera of Carmen by Bizet. The original setting was Spain. It does not end well for the Soldier she goes after. Reminds me a bit of Megan Markle 😳☹️😬
@purpoguh87 you have to remember during those days in order to be taken seriously, one had to sound ignorant or, subservient, or uneducated; during that era, African-americans took that risk just to get a foot in the door...Nowdays, we (black people) have no excuse--education is key!
Youve must have never seen janet dressed up as dorothy back in the 90's.It DIDnt look NOTHING LIKE NO MJ!She was the spitting image of dorothy.But She cant act like halle.Halle looks like dorothy only halles face is thinner
@0250lorraine Can you do me a favor and tell him thank you for his music. Thank you for his Civil Rights contribution and thank you for his creating USA for Africa. It was actually Harry who created it and hired Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones to right the song and later got Michael Jackson involved. Everyone thinks that it was all Michael. But it was Harry Belifonte's idea and creation. He was not only a great singer but also a great humanitarian and civil rights activist from the 50's til now.
Good dining hall meeting John 3:16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him him shall not perish but have Everlasting life.
@novusmundi --They also did not use Dorothy Dandridge voice as well in the movie. The singing parts were sung by another person. You have to remember during those times, racism was at its best and even though Harry Belafonte was a great performer, they probably decided to go with an "white" counterpart....
Dorothy Dandrige had a great voice, but Marilyn Horne (famous opera singer) actually did the singing in this movie. They actually became friends during the filming of the movie as well,
ALL of the main actors voices were dubbed. Dam.
Did you know that Marilyn Horne was a guest star on the Carol Burnett show?
Is thay because Carmen Jones is the musicalised version of the opera Carmen ?
What grace Bumbry she song it well.
@@septiawoman2911 except for Pearle Bailey. They figured that having white singers would keep the prestigious of the opera 😒 even tho most of them were famed singers. But not Pearle. I think because her speaking voice and singing voice were so distinctive.
That gimme chicken sandwich moment is so iconic
Rest In Peace Princess. 👑 🕊 🙌🏿
I used to love the original Habanera in French, and then Dorothy Dandridge went and made it about 10 times awesomer. She's stunning.
She didn't sing it, it's dubbed.
She's still stunning though 🌹
Ten times more awesome is the correct way to admire this song bird of perfection! Her soulful, passionate trills are bliss 🎉❤
Carmen bold asf 🤣 flirting with him in front his fiancé
Gimme a chicken sandwich... iconic
Ha!😂
Lissen!!!!!!
This woman truthfully HILARIOUS 🤣
OMG! She was gorgeous and soooo talented. I really hope to be like her someday soon!
I have this on dvd. she was a great singer, dancer, and actress..i still don't understand why they didn't use her voice...
The producer also had some other actors' singing voices dubbed, I read online years ago. For an operatic vocal effect, so to speak. This included the late Harry Belafonte. I believe they used Pearl Bailey's actual singing voice in that dancing scene featuring late drummer Max Roach...
She´s a masterpeiece , just a one of a kind my eyes was stuck to the screen normaly in old movies i yawn once ore twice.
BUT D.D is JUST SO FREAKING AWESOME!
That they kept faithfully to the tempo and the attitude of the opera is perfect ❤❤❤ and Carmen's attitude ❤
absolutely great...she made me wish i was born on that time.Halle Berry did a very good job in the movie.God bless you all
Really? That time was awful for black people 😭😭😭
@@talitam.8414 Made people like Dorthy all the more special
She played Carmen and her performance in Porgy and Bess as Bess were two excellent roles for her. She is still my favorite actress.
Hollywood was not ready for her.
Watched this movie as a wee child and love it to this day. Little tidbit: Marilyn "Lena" Horne sung all of Dorothy Dandridge's songs in this movie.
Marilyn Horne and Lena Horne arent the same people
Dorothy Dandridge is such beautiful songbird, I watch the movie about her life on HBO, it was really good, this jewel left the world to soon.
She's my idol!
This is when you really bold and don’t care who knows who you like😆❤️
Now this is singing absolutely beautiful my mum used to sing this song love you mam X ❤
i just love carmen jones,I grew up listening to this wonderful music.
Dorothy Dandridge is amazing
In 1954, director and writer Otto Preminger cast Dandridge, along with Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, and Joe Adams in his production of Carmen Jones. Dandridge's singing voice was dubbed by Marilyn Horne.
wow, i saw this on tcm and was amazed by dorothy dandridge singing habanera. i loved the adaptation but mostly because of her singing this song
My gosh she is beautiful
Love this scene!!
classic & timeless & priceless=] Her and Josephine Baker were global rooted cosmopolitans and will live forever in cinema and art.
i love dorothy dandridge... she was so beautiful... shes the best
I love watching this movie.❤
i look up to her for her remarkable talent hollywood needs more like her
Marilyn Horne's divine opera talent dubbed in, LOVE this song, love the late Dorothy Dandridge. Halle Berry did an HBO version of Dorothy's life🙏🎬
Harry passed now 😢
I love this very catchy 👏🏽
That song make sense.
Them women back then knew what they were doing.
Acc to Belafonte's autobiography "My Song", the rights to Bizet's Carmen were owned by the composer's family and they required the film remain true to its operatic roots. That required operatic voices that neither Harry nor Dorothy had, hence the dubbing. Which is too bad because it would have been even better and more interesting had they sung it naturally. BTW his book is amazing. He was a complicated, brilliant, and talented man who was a stalwart pillar of the civil rights movement and an international humanitarian. We won't see anyone like him anytime soon.
Is it me, or is there a strong resemblance between her and Janet Jackson?
I totally see it.
I See It Too
Let's not forget their is the most striking resemblance between Her, Janet Jackson and Hailey Berry.
@@michaelmorris1804 I always thought if Janet Jackson and Halle Berry were blended together it would produce Dorothy Dandridge
@@IONov990 that's true. but Dorothy also is like the sexiest black version of Snow White as well.
I listen to this when I feel down hehe
The black Carmen is real hot.
Huh, thanks for the info. I never knew that wasn't her singing. I still think that she was great and that she was a wonderful/beautiful woman. I'd love to play her someday if I ever got the chance.
just mesmerizing, i cant take my eyes off her!
I love this. DD is epic in this. I think everyone should take an African American Film Studies master class. The question in our at UNC was “how close is this to Mozart s barber of Sevilla “? Dats love as DD would say=] DD rivals josephine baker in terms of “pre- instagram influencer status”. My 2 Dr king professors at UNC would have a good debate about the cultural relevance of this “flic”.
love this film!
I'm here for the afros, grease-combed straight. 🤣🤦😂
So adorable, sad she is gone 💔
beautiful
I wish we could have had her voice🤷🏼♀️ I mean she knew this. I hate that they decided her singing wasn't good enough and dropped it 🙄
It wasn't that her voice wasn't good enough, the people who owned the rights to Carmen wanted an actual opera singer to do the singing. The opera singer they chose tried to sound like Dorothy's speaking voice which resulted in her sounding like Dorothy's singing voice. She definitely could have done her own singing.
Best song ever 🇬🇧
wow, she was amazing!
Love this scene
Carmen Jones to most men she's flirtatious to most women she gets looked down hated being called a floozy
The only thing that sucked about this movie was that they didnt use Harry's voice when his character sang. How do you not use the voice of one of the greatest singers of all time in this movie? I saw part of it. I saw from this scene til the end. I would love to see all of it someday. Harry is still with us. I would love to meet him.
Harry passed now 😢
Brava!!!!
Iconic❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗
@purpoguh87
Indeed, what happened? Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge - then the later age of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Berry Gordy Motown style...smart, articulate, well-presented.
How low the black folk have fallen from those great heights.
Now we have the primal grunting of 'rap singers', and their paeans to 'bitches', 'niggaz', 'dawgs' and 'hoes'.
I watched this movie when I was younger and then eventually bought this movie years ago for my two daughters before their teen years and they actually LOVED the film. I was really proud to introduce a part of "black history" to them that they could enjoy. Dorothy and Harry did wonderful jobs in their acting and performing...
R.I.P. DOROTHY AND HARRY❤❤❤
That wasn't Dorothy D's voice in the beginning I never knew that... But when she later go arrested she was singing in the truck that was her. 😍😍😍😍
Ma Reine.
@GorGeousyetsmart In those days "puss" referred to a persons face.
Dorothy Dandridge was the Halle Berry of her time.That's why it was fitting to cast Halle to do her story.
Love Dorothy
RIHP Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge!! 💘 🎥 🙏 😍 ✝ 👼 👗🎶
🧡🧡🧡🧡
ROTFL! Hilarious!
📽Dorothy Dandridge 1922-1965 🌠 Harry Belafonte 1927-2023 🌠📽🌏
As a Man how can you not just smile and lick your lips during this whole thing , lord have mercy 😍 !
She sang Joe his future
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Carmen Jones is one male figure young and old
What about what Aggie1985 said? I'm being told two different things which one is it?
its dorothy.
can u believe some people still think they r in 1921?
janet looks like her on the real but halle got the acting talent and also known for beauty
💎💎💎💎💎
wow!
It's Dorothy Dandridge didn't you see the movie ?
Starring Harry Belafonte Dorothy Dandridge Pearl Bailey Olga James and Diahann Carroll
@novusmundi --They also did not use Dorothy Dandridge voice as well in the movie. The singing parts were sung by another person. You have to remember during those times, racism was at its best and even though Harry Belafonte was a great performer, they probably decided to go with an "white" counterpart....
ok who is singing? Is it Marilyn Horne or Dorothy Dandridge? Someone let me know.
Dorothy dandridge
trust me, its dorothy dandridge.
Acotw67
I was not implying anything by my statement other than the fact that Hallie played her in a filmography.I have nothing against either actress.
@eddiewillers1 did ya think about the things they did back then
exact same as the performers
this movie is super raunchy for that time period
fats waller sang about drugs and sex
louis armstrong made whoopie
i'm pretty sure they said the same thing about Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge - then the later age of Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Berry Gordy Motown style
@MJBKfan4ever I agree. If Beyonce keeps it up, she'll go places
dorothy was remarkable!!!
she won an emmy!! it was a TV movie, so she only would have been able to win the emmy which she did
I'm playing hard to get! I'm at school and the girls there don't deserve me
Joe was minding his business with Cindy lou and Carmen didn't stop till she got him then ruined his army career and left him for the boxer. Siren 😂
I was born in 64 in california, and i would hear the stories of white and black restrooms. I thought i was hearing a joke. No way were people this ignorant!
In my home town they would not let blacks swim in the recreation pool in our town except on wednesdays. Then they would drain the pool!! Now i was just a kid and i knew how stupid that was! I just watched the halle movie last night and she did a great job. I dont believe in the term, "african american" They are anericans! GOD BLESS
@hotboip24 I heard that janet had wanted the role for years and ptiched the idea and halle won the role when she pitched it
This sounds nothin like marilyn horne’s version, gotta be dorothy own voice
It's no worse than American Gangster.
This is an ok video film clip of me
What does that mean? If I love you then that’s the end of you?
She's poison, you see what happened to him in the end
The film was based on the original opera of Carmen by Bizet. The original setting was Spain. It does not end well for the Soldier she goes after. Reminds me a bit of Megan Markle 😳☹️😬
@longn4longhair Halle was perfect for the role but Janet can act. Janet and Halle both look like Dorothy.
@purpoguh87 you have to remember during those days in order to be taken seriously, one had to sound ignorant or, subservient, or uneducated; during that era, African-americans took that risk just to get a foot in the door...Nowdays, we (black people) have no excuse--education is key!
Youve must have never seen janet dressed up as dorothy back in the 90's.It DIDnt look NOTHING LIKE NO MJ!She was the spitting image of dorothy.But She cant act like halle.Halle looks like dorothy only halles face is thinner
I hate all the "dats" they put in the song...sad this isn't Dorthy Dandridge singing either :-/
Marilyn Horne, Dandridge wasn't an soprano so they used Horne's voice.
@0250lorraine Can you do me a favor and tell him thank you for his music. Thank you for his Civil Rights contribution and thank you for his creating USA for Africa. It was actually Harry who created it and hired Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones to right the song and later got Michael Jackson involved. Everyone thinks that it was all Michael. But it was Harry Belifonte's idea and creation. He was not only a great singer but also a great humanitarian and civil rights activist from the 50's til now.
That's not true
Good dining hall meeting John 3:16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him him shall not perish but have Everlasting life.
@novusmundi --They also did not use Dorothy Dandridge voice as well in the movie. The singing parts were sung by another person. You have to remember during those times, racism was at its best and even though Harry Belafonte was a great performer, they probably decided to go with an "white" counterpart....