CARMEN JONES

Original 1955 British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1954 Otto Preminger Adventure CARMEN JONES, based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée and starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Brock Peters, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart and Diahann Carroll.

The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated into a modern-day story of a parachute factory worker and a stalwart GI named Joe who is about to go to flying school. Conflict arises when a prize-ring champ captures the heart of Carmen after she has seduced Joe and caused him to go AWOL.

The Advertisement is in very good condition with a vertical centre fold with 2 staple holes along it.