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Mahogany

Year:

1976

Duration:

109 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

Director:

Berry Gordy

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-03-25

Filming Locations: 41st Street & Ellis Avenue, Oakland, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Nina Foch

Diana Ross

Tracy Chambers

Billy Dee Williams

Brian Walker

Anthony Perkins

Sean McAvoy

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Christian Rosetti

Beah Richards

Florence

Marisa Mell

Carlotta Gavina

Lenard Norris

Wil

Jerome Arnold

Campaign Worker

Pemon Rami

Campaign Worker

Obelo

Campaign Worker

Ira Rogers

Stalker

Kristine Cameron

Instructress

Ted Liss

Sweatshop Foreman

Bruce Vilanch

Dress Manufacturer

Don Howard

Dress Manufacturer

Albert Rosenberg

Dress Manufacturer

Marvin Corman

Cab Driver

E. Rodney Jones

Radio Announcer (voice)

Dan Daniel

Giuseppe (as Daniel Daniele)

Princess Galitzine

Jacques Stany

Auctioneer - Fashion Show

Achille Brugnini

Salesman (as Achille Brunini)

Edward Van Sickle

Ad Agency Executive (as Edward Van Sycle)

Giovanni Di Benedetto

Ad Agency Executive (as Gianni Di Benedetto)

Roger Browne

Ad Agency Executive (as Roger Bill Brown)

C. Mitchell

Ad Agency Executive

Denise Gordy

(uncredited)

Jesse Kitten

Unemployed Lathe Operator (uncredited)

Robert Townsend

Extra (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Producer Berry Gordy fired original director Tony Richardson and then took over direction of the picture himself.

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Diana Ross designed some of the costumes in the fashion show sequence herself.

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The theme song "Do You Know Where You're Going To" was at first considered not acceptable "because of quality standards" for being an Oscar contender but Berry Gordy successfully lobbied the Academy into nominating it.

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Goofs

The final shot of the film (an overview of the crowd gathered to hear Brian's speech) shows Tracy rushing up to Brian and madly embracing him, but moments earlier they had already walked up to each other in the middle of that crowd and kissed.

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Quotes

Sean: My saints are a camera and a gun. They're both fiercely truthful.

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Brian: Let me tell you something, and don't you ever forget it: that success is nothing without someone you love to share it with!

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Tracy: The men love me, the women love me, the children love me... You're just jealous Brian 'cause no one loves you.

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Faq

Midwest Premiere Took Place When & Where?

The Midwest Premiere of the hit Paramount film, Mahogany, took place on Friday, October 17, 1975, in Chicago at the Chicago theatre (State and Randolph). An ad reads: "Mahogany Overnight it became a sensation . . . in one week it became an event! The lines are there all night on Broadway . . . "____________________________

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