Hammerstein also wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones, an adaptation of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen with an all-black cast that became a 1943 Broadway musical and a 1954 film.

* Carmen Jones ( 1954 ): a reworking of the opera Carmen in an African-American setting

While filming Carmen Jones ( 1954 ), Preminger began an affair with the film's star, Dorothy Dandridge, which lasted four years.

* Carmen Jones ( 1954 )

He won the Bronze Berlin Bear award for the film Carmen Jones at the 5th Berlin International Film Festival.

Parachute maker Carmen Jones makes a play for a " fly boy " Air Force man, Joe, who is in love with sweet Cindy Lou and about to marry her on a day pass when Carmen gets into a cat fight with another woman.

Muriel Rahl in the title role in the 1943 original Broadway production of Carmen Jones

Carmen's tobacco factory became Carmen Jones ' parachute factory, bullfighter Escamillo became boxer Husky Miller, and so on.

" The majority of the actors performing the songs in the film Carmen Jones were dubbed.

* Carmen Jones Is Goin ' to Jail!

After their initial success with Oklahoma !, the pair took a break from working together and Hammerstein concentrated on the musical Carmen Jones, a Broadway version of Bizet's Carmen with the characters changed to African Americans in the contemporary South, for which he wrote the book and lyrics.

After appearing in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts such as Carmen Jones ( 1954 ) and Porgy and Bess ( 1959 ), she starred in Julia ( 1968 ), one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role.

Carroll's film debut was a supporting role in Carmen Jones ( 1954 ) as a friend of the sultry lead character.

* Carmen Jones ( 1954 )

For decades preceding and immediately after the Second World War Billy Rose was a major force in entertainment, with shows, such as Jumbo ( 1935 ), Billy Rose's Aquacade, and Carmen Jones ( 1943 ), his Diamond Horseshoe nightclub, and the Ziegfeld Theatre influencing the careers of many stars.

In 1943, he produced Carmen Jones with an all-black cast.

" The New York Herald Tribune said that Oscar Hammerstein II " must be considered one of the greatest librettists of our day " and that Carmen Jones was " a masterly tour de force ".

* Carmen Jones ( 1943 )-musical-producer

Horne's first major professional engagement was in 1954, when she dubbed the singing voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones.

The cast included Howard St. John as General Bullmoose, Stubby Kaye as Marryin ' Sam, Tina Louise as Appassionata von Climax, Julie Newmar as Stupefyin ' Jones, Charlotte Rae as Mammy Yokum, Joe E. Marks as Pappy Yokum, Carmen Alvarez as Moonbeam McSwine, Ted Thurston as Senator Jack S. Phogbound, Bern Hoffman as Earthquake McGoon, and Tony Mordente as Lonesome Polecat.

Possibly the most notable current version of " America the Beautiful " is the setting for band and symphonic orchestra by the late arranger / conductor / composer Carmen Dragon.

Jeff Vice of the Deseret News commented that " unfortunately, casting Cruz as a tough girl is a hilariously bad ..." and Michael Miller of the Village Voice writing that " as Satan's helper Carmen, Penélope Cruz doesn't hold a candle to her cocaine-huffing enabler in Blow.

Smuggling in literature is a common theme, from Bizet's Carmen to the James Bond books ( and later films ) Diamonds are Forever and Goldfinger.

Smuggling is a common trope or theme in literature and can be found in a wide range of works – from the 18th century novels of Charlotte Turner Smith to Prosper Mérimée's 19th century novella, Carmen ( the inspiration for numerous films as well as Bizet's opera, Carmen ) to the James Bond novel ( and later film ) Diamonds are Forever.

( This segment also provided the game's original subtitle, Where in Corpsman Santiago is Roger Wilco ?, which was not used due to legal threats from the makers of the Carmen Sandiego products.

* March 3 – Bizet ’ s Carmen is first performed at the Opéra Comique, Paris.

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet.

The opera, written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue, tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naive soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen.

Carmen initially gained its reputation through a series of productions outside France, and was not revived in Paris until 1883 ; thereafter it rapidly acquired celebrity at home and abroad, and continues to be one of the most frequently performed operas ; the " toreador's song " from Act 2 is among the best known of all operatic arias.

The exclamation which accompanied the triumphal rite was attested in the Carmen Arvale ; to Romans of the later Republic, this ancient religious chant was probably as obscure in meaning as it is to modern scholarship.

The traditional type of housing is the Carmen granadino, consisting of a free house surrounded by a high wall that separates it from the street and includes a small orchard or garden.

By this time, the " comique " part of the genre name had become misleading: Carmen ( 1875 ) is an example of an opéra comique with a tragic plot.

It is performed as a duet between Louis Armstrong and Carmen McRae.

The account of the battle given in the earliest source, the Carmen de Hastingae Proelio, is one where the Norman advance surprises the English, who manage to gain the top of Senlac Hill before the Normans.

* Chac Mool is a cenote in the Playa del Carmen ( 22 km south of ) district of Mexico.

Helena Solberg made a documentary of her life, Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business in 1995.

Many costume jewelry designers made fruit jewelry also inspired by Carmen Miranda which is still highly valued and collectible by vintage and antique costume jewelry collectors ( recently featured on America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 Ep.

Much of the fruit jewelry seen today is often still fondly called " Carmen Miranda jewelry " because of this.

Her image was much satirized and taken up as camp, and today, the " Carmen Miranda " persona is popular among drag performers.

There is also a museum dedicated to her in Marco de Canaveses, Portugal called " Museu Municipal Carmen Miranda ", with various photos and one of the famous hats.

Outside the museum there is a statue of Carmen Miranda.

The singer Leslie Fish created a song called " Carmen Miranda's Ghost Is Haunting Space Station Three ", in which a space station is inundated with fresh fruit.

Carmen Miranda Square is only one of about a dozen Los Angeles city intersections named for historic performers.

The location is especially noteworthy not only since Carmen Miranda's footprints are preserved in concrete at the Chinese Theater's famous collection, but in remembrance of an impromptu performance at a nearby Hollywood Boulevard intersection on V-J Day where she was joined by a throng of servicemen from the nearby USO.