Carmen Jones Movie Review 1954

Bizet's tale of fickle femme fatale Carmen heads South with an all black cast and new lyrics by Hammerstein II. Soldier Belafonte falls big time for factory working belle Dandridge during the war, and runs off with miss thang after he kills his C.O. and quits the army. Tired of prettyboy Belafonte, Dandridge's eye wanders upon prize pugilist Escamillo, inspiring ex-soldier beau to wring her throaty little neck. Film debuts of Carroll and Peters. More than a little racist undertone to the direction. Actors' singing is dubbed.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Drama, War Between the Sexes, African America, Adapted from an Opera

Screenplay

Harry Kleiner

Cast

Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Roy Glenn, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters

Cinematography

Sam Leavitt

Director

Otto Preminger

Music

Oscar Hammerstein, Georges Bizet

Producer

Fox

Awards

Golden Globes 1955: Film--Mus./Comedy, Natl. Film Reg. 1992.