Mahogany (1975 film)

Infobox Film
name = Mahogany


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caption = "Mahogany" film poster by Bob Peak
director = Berry Gordy
producer = Jack Ballard
Rob Cohen
writer = Toni Amber(story)
Bob Merrill
John Byrum
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starring = Diana Ross
Billy Dee Williams
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Anthony Perkins
music = Michael Masser
cinematography = David Watkin
editing = Cutry Zinner
Peter Zinner
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = October 8, 1975
runtime = 109 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0073335

"Mahogany" is a 1975 feature film, produced by Motown Productions and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on October 8, 1975. Directed by Motown founder Berry Gordy (taking over after British director Tony Richardson was dismissed from the film), "Mahogany" stars Diana Ross as a poor African-American woman who rises to become a popular fashion designer in Rome.

The film was almost uniformly panned by critics upon its release, although audience attendance was acceptable. The film includes a Ross-sung theme song, “Theme from "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” which became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. It held the number-one spot for one week (January 17–January 24 1976), replacing “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow and replaced by “Love Rollercoaster” by the Ohio Players. “Theme from "Mahogany",” written by Michael Masser & Gerald Goffin and produced by Masser, was the best-reviewed element of "Mahogany". The song was later covered by Mariah Carey in 1998 and Sony Music labelmate Jennifer Lopez the following year.

"Mahogany" was released on VHS home video in the 1990s, and was issued on DVD on May 1, 2007.

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