Carmen Jones Summary
Director: Otto Preminger
Genres: Musical
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In 1943, Oscar_Hammerstein_Jr. took Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, rewrote the lyrics, changed the characters from 19th century Spaniards to World War II-era African-Americans, switched the locale to a Southern military base, and the result was Carmen Jones. Dorothy_Dandridge stars as Carmen Jones, tempestuous employee of a parachute factory. Harry_Belafonte plays Joe (originally Jos
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