Carmen Jones (1954) - Otto Preminger | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie

Directed by Otto Preminger

Release Date - Oct 28, 1954  |   Run Time - 105 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR

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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. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, from the 1943 stage musical of the same name, set to the music of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen. The opera was an adaptation of the 1845 Prosper Mérimée novella Carmen by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.

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Carmen, Film Based On Literature, Fox, Opera, Production

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Based On: Carmen, Carmen Jones
Narrative Location: Chicago
Subject: World War II

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Carmen Jones

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Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones

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