20th Century-Fox Dynamo (1954)

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“CARMEN JONES” WAS A YEAR IN PREPARATION Carmen cuddles up to Joe who has been assigned by the army security authorities to bring her in. Having wanted the handsome soldier as her man, she is de- lighted at being thrown in with him, but he treats her coldly, refuses to let her go free and ties her up when she attempts escape. His strength makes Carmen de- termined to win him and she lures him to a shanty town where he weakens. Otto Preminger (above) pro- duced and directed "Carmen Jones” and has been identified with some of the outstanding successes of screen and stage, including "Laura,” "The 13th Letter.” "Moon Is Blue” and many others. Dedicated to the | off-beat in entertainment, he has produced in "Carmen Jones” a i motion picture of mass appeal, i using an all-star all-Negro cast, i Destined for major boxoffice suc- cess, there is no doubt Mr. ! Preminger has attained the peak I of his meteoric success in the ! entertainment world. Released from the stockade, Joe is happy to be taken back in flying school. Carmen tries to get him to go away with her to Chicago — to forget the army. He fights temptation, but runs off with her when he knocks out Sgt. Brown in a fight started when the latter offers himself as Carmen’s suitor. Joe eludes MPs in Chicago, lives with Carmen in a rundown rooming house. But, she spends her time at the gym where Husky Miller (Joe Adams) is working out, hoping to borrow money from Frankie who thinks she has come to see the fighter. Carmen insists she is no two-timer and returns to Joe, who is suspicious about where she got the money. His rage drives her away and to Husky. Joe, eluding MPs, bursts into Husky’s training quarters, a furious battle ensuing. The MPs are called, but Carmen slams the door on them and helps Joe escape. Joe confronts Carmen and pleads with her for the last time. When she refuses his love, he kills her. As the ring crowd swarms out of the arena with Husky aloft on their shoulders, the heart-sick Joe weeps for the dead Carmen and voices the hope that they soon will hang him on the highest tree so he can join his loved one. Herbert Ross directed the dances in "Carmen Jones,” while Sam Leavitt was the director of photography. Hershel Burke Gilbert was music di- rector. The lure of the far away. Carmen sings to her friends about the Chicago train. Husky’s friends, in song, point out to her the wonders of the big city. Other songs she sings are "Dat’s Love” and "Cain’t Let You Go.” The Bizet music from the opera remains untouched, but Oscar Hammerstein has written new lyrics to jibe in with the story of the spit-fire who just couldn’t let men alone. . .and when she got what she wanted, she went on to strive for new conquests, but she could never get Joe out of her mind; nor he her. Producer-director Preminger and his staff spent a year preparing for CinemaScope-filming of "Carmen Jones,” spending six months alone in assembling the cast.