Lobby card for Carmen Jones
- Produced by
- 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Preminger, Otto Ludwig, Austrian American, 1905 - 1986
- Hammerstein, Oscar II, American, 1895 - 1960
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, born 1927
- Dandridge, Dorothy, American, 1922 - 1965
- Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990
- James, Olga, American, born 1929
- Adams, Joe, American, born 1924
- Kleiner, Harry, Russian American, 1916 - 2007
- Bizet, Georges, French, 1838 - 1875
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for "Carmen Jones".
- The lobby card has a bright yellow background and features a large color photograph of a scene from the movie. In the image, Dorothy Dandridge as the character Carmen Jones stands in the center, wearing a bright yellow dress. Surrounding her are the other cast members, Pearl Bailey, Joe Adams, Harry Belafonte, and Olga James. To the left of the photograph are several lines of musical notes on a staff, followed by [OTTO / PREMINGER / presents / OSCAR / HAMMERSTEIN'S] in small blue text, [CARMEN JONES] in large decorative red text, and [in CINEMASCOPE] in large blue text. Along the bottom are the cast and credits in red ink. Beneath the yellow background in the bottom border of the card is printed [Copyright 1954 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. - COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A. - Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter. - 54-474]. The back of the lobby card is blank.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Advertising
- 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
- 2013.118.99.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1954 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Permission required for use.