I came across this publicity photo of Dorothy Dandridge by happenstance, which was obviously made during the golden age of studio publicity photos. There was no caption for the photo other than her name, but judging from how she’s (ahem..) dressed and the nautical looking door, it was easy to guess what film it’s from.
It’s from one of her more interesting and oddest films, and definitely worth a couple of words, which I shall say right here.
It’s a publicity still from her 1958 MGM suspense thriller "The Decks Ran Red," starring, along with Dandridge, James Mason, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Whitman and Joel Fluellen. To date, it’s never been available on DVD and is rarely …
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