Lobby card for Carmen Jones

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Lobby card for "Carmen Jones". The lobby card has a bright yellow background and features a large color photograph of a scene from the movie. In the image, Dorothy Dandridge as the character Carmen Jones stands in the center, wearing a bright yellow dress. Surrounding her are the other cast members, Pearl Bailey, Joe Adams, Harry Belafonte, and Olga James. To the left of the photograph are several lines of musical notes on a staff, followed by [OTTO / PREMINGER / presents / OSCAR / HAMMERSTEIN'S] in small blue text, [CARMEN JONES] in large decorative red text, and [in CINEMASCOPE] in large blue text. Along the bottom are the cast and credits in red ink. Beneath the yellow background in the bottom border of the card is printed [Copyright 1954 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. - COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A. - Property of National Screen Service Corp.

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