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Lobby card for Carmen Jones

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Produced by

    20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935

    Distributed by

    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000

    Subject of

    Otto Ludwig Preminger, Austrian American, 1905 - 1986
    Oscar Hammerstein II, American, 1895 - 1960
    Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
    Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965
    Pearl Bailey, American, 1918 - 1990
    Olga James, American, born 1929
    Joe Adams, American, 1924 - 2018
    Harry Kleiner, Russian American, 1916 - 2007
    Georges Bizet, French, 1838 - 1875

    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.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    1954

    Object number

    2013.118.99.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    © 1954 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    lobby cards

    Medium

    ink on paper

    Dimensions

    H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

    Place used

    United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film

    Classification

    Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Actors
    Advertising
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Musical films
    Opera (Music)
    Singers (Musicians)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd539789cbe-49aa-468c-b845-d4bc1169fe59

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2013.118.99.1

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