Film still for Carmen Jones

Object Details

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
Owned by: National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
Subject of: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023; Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965

Description: A black and white movie still for the 1954 film Carmen Jones. The photo depicts a man and a woman. The man in the photo is kneeling on his right knee supporting the reclining woman on his left arm as she lies on the ground. The man is wearing a dark hat and jacket with dark shoes. The woman on the ground is wearing a light colored dress and stares blankly past the man above her. Behind them are torn boxes and stacked Coca-Cola bottles. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo it reads "CJ-70" in white text. Below the photo is information about who the photo belongs to, the starring cast, and copyright information.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1954

Restrictions & Rights: © 1954 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 11/16 × 9 5/16 in. (17 × 23.7 cm); H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.8 cm)

See more items in: 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 - Other; Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Actors; Entertainers; Film; Hollywood (Film); Musical films; Opera (Music); Sexuality; Singers (Musicians)

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd550dffdf0-cd54-4ed7-b50b-013d9c7fe7a0