October 12, 1972 –
Motown Productions and Paramount Pictures released the Sidney J. Furie, Billie Holiday bio-pix, Lady Sings The Blues, starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, and Scatman Crothers, on this date.
Dorothy Dandridge was to star in the role of Billie Holiday in an earlier proposed film version of the singer’s autobiography but died before the film was made.
The Haus of Dcaligari 