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.
