Carmen Jones (1954) | |
| Director(s) | Otto Preminger |
| Producer(s) | Otto Preminger |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, Femme Fatale, World War II |
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Carmen Jones (1954) was a Musical - Drama Film directed by Otto Preminger and produced by Otto Preminger.
SYNOPSIS
A sizzling screen version of Bizet's Carmen updated for an all-black cast, including an especially sizzling Dandridge. Soldier Belafonte falls for Dandridge, a seductive factory worker. The lovers flee after the soldier kills his sergeant, but Carmen's taunting faithlessness drives her lover to a crime of passion. Hammerstein provided lyrics for Bizet's melodies, and Preminger added the snap.
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.Carmen Jones was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992.
Academy Awards 1954 --- Ceremony Number 27 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Dorothy Dandridge | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Herschel Burke Gilbert | Nominated |
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Quotes from
Myrt: Somethin' tells me you gonna be real bad for Chicago.
Frankie: We'll be livin' off the fatheads of the land.
Joe: Thanks, but I don't drink.
Carmen Jones: Boy, if the army was made up of nothin' but soldiers like you, war wouldn't do nobody no good.
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Facts about
Otto Preminger wanted to film on location in Chicago and South Carolina, but studio records show the movie was shot entirely on the Fox lot. One notable exception was the children's chorus scenes that were shot on location at a working dynamite factory. The parents, of course, were present, many of them sitting on boxes of explosives - idly smoking.
Joyce Bryant and Elizabeth Foster also did screen tests for the role of Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge did her screen test working opposite veteran actor James Edwards in the role of Joe. Edwards, whose career was on the decline, was never considered for the role.
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