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Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones

Title
Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones / book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd ; music by George Bizet ; based on Billy Rose's Broadway production of the musical play Carmen Jones ; screenplay by Harry Kleiner ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger ; Carlyle Productions ; 20th Century Fox.
Publication
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Fox Video, ©1994.

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Film, Slide, etc.Use in library VCASS 439Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Preminger, Otto.
  • Kleiner, Harry.
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
  • Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965
  • Bailey, Pearl.
  • James, Olga.
  • Adams, Joe, 1922-2018
  • Carroll, Diahann.
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
  • Fox Video (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
Joe, a military policeman about to make officer, is infatuated with the flirtatious and sexy Carmen Jones. Their ill-fated romance comes to a grisly end by the conclusion of the drama but not before their liaison has wreaked havoc with their lives and all who cross their paths.
Series Statement
Studio classics
Uniform Title
  • Carmen Jones (Motion picture)
  • Studio classic
Alternative Title
  • Otto Preminger presents Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones
  • Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones
Subject
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 > Film adaptations
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875
Genre/Form
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  • Fiction films.
  • Romance films.
  • Musical films.
  • Films for the hearing impaired.
  • Feature films.
  • Film adaptations.
  • Films musicaux.
  • Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
  • Films de fiction.
  • Films d'amour.
  • Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Note
  • Based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
  • Includes original theatrical trailer and rare movietone news footage.
  • Letterboxed.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; camera, Albert Myers ; film editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; musical direction, Herschel Burke Gilbert.
Performer (note)
  • Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Diahann Carroll.
System Details (note)
  • VHS, hi-fi, stereo.
ISBN
  • 079391048X
  • 9780793910489
LCCN
  • 086162104831
  • 8616210483
OCLC
  • ocm40785924
  • 40785924
  • SCSB-962636
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library