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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
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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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