| Other author/creator | Preminger, Otto director, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 adapter. |
| Other author/creator | Kleiner, Harry screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Bailey, Pearl performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | James, Olga performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Adams, Joe, 1922-2018 performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Peters, Brock performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Glenn, Roy, 1915-1971 performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Stewart, Nick, 1910-2000 performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Carroll, Diahann performer, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Hutcherson, LeVern performer. |
| Other author/creator | Horne, Marilyn performer. |
| Other author/creator | Hayes, Marvin, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Rose, Billy, 1899-1966. |
| Other author/creator | Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. |
| Other author/creator | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| Contents |
Main titles -- Joe's gal -- Carmen ("Dat's love") -- "You talk jus' like my Maw" -- Military prisoner -- "Dere's a café on de corner" -- Carmen's escape -- More problems -- Carmen's home town -- Trouble's coming -- In the stockade -- "Dis flower" -- "Beat out dat rhythm on a drum" -- "Stan' up an' fight" -- Champ's choice -- "Whizzin' away along de track" -- "There's a man I'm crazy for" -- Love on a pass -- Joe's big mistake -- Chicago -- Visiting the Champ -- Joe's suspicion -- Busting out -- "Card song" -- "My Joe" -- Confrontation -- "He's got his self another woman" -- Big fight -- "Final duet" -- "String me high on a tree." |
| Abstract |
This is a familiar archetypal story, which is exactly where its appeal lies. Relocated to a Southern military base, Joe is a soldier about to leave for flying school, planning to marry his longtime sweetheart Cindy Lou before he goes. But free-spirited parachute packer Carmen interferes, when Joe is tasked with delivering her to jail after she gets into a vicious fight with another woman. This begins their stormy romance, and ends with Joe AWOL, the pair on the run in Chicago, and Carmen deserting Joe for professional boxer Husky Miller. Undone by her fickleness, Joe's passion for Carmen has tragic consequences. |
| General note | Based on Billy Rose's Broadway production of the musical play Carmen Jones. |
| General note | Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1954. |
| General note | Special features: Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Original one-sheet [text feature]; Previews (12 min.). |
| Credits | Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; camera, Albert Myers ; film editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music by Georges Bizet ; musical direction, Herschel Burke Gilbert ; costumes designed by Mary Ann Nyberg ; art direction by Edward L. Ilou. |
| Cast |
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Broc Peters, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart, Diahann Carroll; voices LeVern Hutcherson, Marilynn Horne, Marvin Hayes. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| UPC |
024543018834 |
| Publisher number | 2001883 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
