Poster for Carmen Jones
- On View
- Taking the Stage Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
- Subject of
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
- Dandridge, Dorothy, American, 1922 - 1965
- Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990
- James, Olga, American, born 1929
- Adams, Joe, American, born 1924
- Directed by
- Preminger, Otto Ludwig, Austrian American, 1905 - 1986
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 39 3/8 × 27 1/2 in. (100 × 69.8 cm)
- Description
- Poster for the Swedish release of the film Carmen Jones depicting a drawing of a rose in the center of a burning flame against a black background. Next to the flame is a black-and-white image of a woman, Dorothy Dandridge. Standing with her hands on her hips and her head thrown back, she appears to be laughing. She wears a dark shirt and light colored skirt. Next to the figure is text in white letters that reads [Oscar Hammersteins / CARMEN / JONES / med / HARRY BELAFONTE / DOROTHY DANDRIDGE / PEARL BAILEY / OLGA JAMES - JOE ADAMS / PROD och REGI: OTTO PREMINGER / SCENARIO: HARRY KLEINER / MUSIK: GEORGES BIZET]. Along the bottom margin in red text are the words [CINEMASCOPE / FARG: DE LUXE]. Next to the cast list is a small black and white image of a man and a woman, Paul Robeson and Dorothy Dandridge, shown from the shoulders up.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Actors
- Film
- Hollywood (Film)
- Musical films
- Opera (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.118.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1954 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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