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A monthly film series showcasing high-quality prints of films that have either been nominated for or won Academy Awards®.

Carmen Jones

With special guest Harry Belafonte
Hosted by New York Times Film Critic Elvis Mitchell

Monday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street


 
Dorothy Dandridge
and Harry Belafonte

Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger's classic film based on Bizet's opera "Carmen." Starring Dorothy Dandridge in her landmark Oscar-nominated performance, Carmen Jones is presented as part of our Monday Nights with Oscar film series.

With Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Olga James, Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters and Diahann Carroll. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the opera "Carmen" by George Bizet, Henri Meilhad and Ludov Halevy. Screenplay by Harry Kleiner. Featuring the voices of Le Vern Hutcherson, Marilyn Horne and Marvin Hayes. An Otto Preminger Production. Filmed in Cinemascope. Color by Deluxe. Running time: 107 minutes. 35 mm. Print courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. 1954.

Academy Award® Nominations: Actress (Dandridge), Score of a Musical Picture (Gilbert).

 


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