It doesn’t matter how crowded or interesting the shot or location is, no matter what: you can never take your eyes off of Dorothy Dandridge
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Even more infuriating than having her voice dubbed, despite the worldwide success of “Carmen Jones” and a historic Oscar nomination Dorothy Dandridge would go NEARLY 3 YEARS without appearing in film again (1957’s “Island in the Sun”- and she’s barely in that!)
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Brock Peters as Sergeant Brown. He would later be known for his role as Tom Robinson in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. This was his first film role. He also dubbed singing for his “Carmen Jones” costar Roy Glenn who plays "Rum" Daniels
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Dorothy Dandridge was nominated for an Oscar for “Best Actress” for her titular role in “Carmen Jones”. She was the first Black American woman to be nominated for this award. Unfortunately, she lost to Grace Kelly in “The Country Girl”
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Actor and later manager to the legendary Ray Charles, Joe Adams as “Husky” Miller. Despite having a decent singing voice (he’d previously worked in radio) he was dubbed by operatic actor and baritone Marvin Hayes
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Pearl Bailey, however, was NOT dubbed the film is all the better for it (https://youtu.be/88rRu4F1WK0?si=UNLRqRhaFxnL43cj)
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