40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge

40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge

Trista - June 10, 2019

40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge
A movie poster for Tamango. Department of Afro American Research, Arts, & Culture.

22. The US Banned One of Her Films For Showing An Interracial Kiss

Tamango became famous in the US for being a banned film. The Motion Picture Production Code of the era explicitly banned interracial romances from being shown. An Italian movie, Tamango depicted a kiss between Dandridge and white actor Curd Jürgens. The film was not shown in the US until 1962, after the dissolution of the Hays Code in American filmmaking.

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