Under Your Spell | Brown assigns handsome Corporal Joe to deliver her to the civilian authorities over 50 miles away. The seductive Carmen Jones lures the handsome GI Joe [Harry Belafonte] away from his sweetheart Cindy Lou [Olga James], but after she tires of him and takes up with a heavyweight prize-fighter Husky Miller [Joe Adams], she only succeeds in triggering GI Joe’s tragic revenge. Diahann made her Hollywood debut, playing one of Carmen's sidekicks. Bonjour Tristesse | Skidoo | It was in the opera of Bizet, and it is in the rich nostalgic folklore of the American Negro in the South. (Life, 1943) MUSIC: Carmen Jones meets some criticism when it comes to the music in the film. Dandridge complied but later regretted her decision, certain it had been instrumental in starting the slow but steady decline of her career.[26][27]. Frankie Pearl Bailey. Carmen Jones Otto Preminger (1954) 103min. While en route, Joe wishes to deliver his prisoner as soon as possible to return to Cindy Lou and his leave. Doch die Beziehung zwischen Joe und Carmen entwickelt sich nicht wie von Joe erhofft. Joe Adams was a Los Angeles disc jockey with no acting experience, but Preminger felt he had the right look for Husky. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War. His Sweeney Todd, Company, and The Color Purple have won numerous awards including Tony’s for all 3. At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and 'hot bundle' Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Carmen Jones Harry Belafonte Joe Olga James Cindy Lou Pearl Bailey Frankie Diahann Carroll Myrt Nick Stewart [Nicodemus] Dink Franks Joe Adams Husky Miller Brock Peters Sgt. Mord in der Hochzeitsnacht | Don Jose is now simply Joe, a nice Army corporal policing the factory, while Michaela, his faithful hometown sweetheart, is rechristened Cindy Lou. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called the film "a big musical shenanigan and theatrical tour-de-force" and added, "In essence, it is a poignant story. Herschel Burke Gilbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture but lost to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Dandridge was featured in Ebony and photographed for the cover of Life and appeared on a live television broadcast on October 24, four days prior to the opening, to sing two songs from the film.[22]. The director drove to her apartment to reassure her and assuage her fears, and the two unexpectedly began a passionate affair. They were carried away by their precocity. Laura | Synopsis: At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Verdammt zum Schweigen | In a matter of fact manner, she tells him that what they had is over and there is no going back for them. Erstmals hatte ein Hollywoodregisseur ausschließlich mit schwarzen Schauspielern besetzt, was 1954/1955 einer Revolution gleichkam. RCA reissued the album on compact disc in the late 1980s. "[21], Following three weeks of rehearsal, filming in CinemaScope began on June 30. Parachute maker Carmen Jones makes a play for a "fly boy" Air Force man, Joe, who is in love with sweet Cindy Lou and about to marry her on a day pass when Carmen gets into a fight with another woman. Going after him, she succeeds only in getting him into the stockade. Joe's pass is cancelled in order for him to drive her to the next town to be handed over to the non-military police. Carmen Jones begins in a dusty southern town. [6], Preminger realized no major studio would be interested in financing an operatic film with an all-Black cast, so he decided to produce it independently. The film follows an young GI named Joe who is engaged to a sweet young woman named Cindy Lou. 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