
Random Harvest(1942)
Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.


“Something Really New! Something Truly Different!”
In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.

Harry Belafonte
Joe

Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones

Pearl Bailey
Frankie

Olga James
Cindy Lou

Joe Adams
Husky Miller

Brock Peters
Sergeant Brown

Roy Glenn
Rum Daniels

Nick Stewart
Dink Franklin

Diahann Carroll
Myrt
Le Vern Hutcherson
Joe (voice)
Carmen Jones is a drama, romance film released in 1954 exploring themes of opera, world war ii, seduction, musical, north carolina, based on play or musical. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey. In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.
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