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Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film featuring an African American cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
A contemporary version of the Bizet opera with an African-American cast and new lyrics. Dorothy Dandridge stars as Carmen Jones, a parachute maker who seduces a pilot and causes trouble at an army camp.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Otto Preminger
- 1954-10-28
Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre.
Screen version of the musical "Carmen Jones," which adapted Bizet's opera Carmen for an African-American cast. A soldier falls for Dandridge, a seductive factory worker.
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- Dorothy Dandridge
- Otto Preminger
- Musical
A contemporary version of the Bizet opera with an African-American cast, set in an all-Black army camp. Carmen Jones, a free-spirited parachute maker, falls in love with Joe, an engaged pilot, and faces the consequences of her choice.
Dec 7, 2020 · CARMEN JONES was nominated for two Academy Awards® – Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) and Best Actress, marking Dorothy Dandridge’s sole acknowledgement from the Academy. She was the first African American woman to be nominated for a leading role. Learn more at the AFI Catalog.
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Carmen Jones. Powered by Georges Bizet's grand music and Oscar Hammerstein II's magnificent lyrics, this Americanized all-black version of the classic opera Carmen is a dynamic superb show with...
