![[Book #161574] Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge, Otto Preminger, Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pearl Bailey Harry Belafonte, Harry Kleiner, starring, director, music, book, screenwriter.](https://royalbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/161574.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1717484372)
Carmen Jones
N.p. N.p., Circa 1954. Vintage reference photograph from the 1954 film, showing actors Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte talking with Robert Mitchum and director Otto Preminger.
Loosely based on the 1943 musical, an all-Black stage adaptation of Bizet's 1875 opera "Carmen," which was in turn based on Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy's 1845 novella. A parachute factory worker has a reputation for promiscuous behavior, but finds herself obsessed with the one man she cannot have: Joe, an engaged army officer.
Set in North Carolina.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
National Film Registry. BFI 611.
[Book #161574]
Price: $175.00