Lobby card for Carmen Jones
date: label: Date
content: 1954
name: label: Produced by
content: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
label: Distributed by
content: National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Otto Ludwig Preminger, Austrian American, 1905 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Oscar Hammerstein II, American, 1895 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Pearl Bailey, American, 1918 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Olga James, American, born 1929
label: Subject of
content: Joe Adams, American, 1924 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Harry Kleiner, Russian American, 1916 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Georges Bizet, French, 1838 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for "Carmen Jones".
label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
label: Topic
content: Opera (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.118.99.1
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1954 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)