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Carmen Jones (film)
Carmen Jones
is a
1954
American
musical film
starring
Dorothy Dandridge
and
Harry Belafonte
, produced and directed by
Otto Preminger
. The screenplay by
Harry Kleiner
is based on the
libretto
for the 1943
stage production of the same name
by
Oscar Hammerstein II
, which was inspired by an adaptation of the 1845
Prosper Mérimée
novella
Carmen
by
Henri Meilhac
and
Ludovic Halévy
. Hammerstein also wrote the lyrics to music composed by
Georges Bizet
for his 1875 opera
Carmen
.
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