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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.
Oct 28, 2018 · Carmen Jones is a retelling of Bizet's opera about an independent woman who lives by her own rules and discards men when she grows tired of them. The characters were changed from Europeans to African-Americans on an Army base in the deep South.
- Otto Preminger, David Silver, Donald Torpin
- Harry Belafonte
Sep 18, 2020 · Carmen Jones (1954) made Dorothy Dandridge a star. Based on the 1943 stage musical, with hauntingly beautiful lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and set to the music of Bizet’s 1875 opera, Carmen, it took the daring of director Otto Preminger to make the play into a film.
Carmen Jones: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James. Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Otto Preminger
- 1954-10-28
Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'Carmen Jones' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights.
Released October 5th, 1954, 'Carmen Jones' stars Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Olga James The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a user score...
The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe who is about to go to flying school.
