eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7s127 CARMEN JONES pressbook 1954 Otto Preminger, sexy Dorothy Dandridge, cool Saul Bass cover art! Date Sold 7/21/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 18" [36 x 46 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) Carmen Jones, the 1954 Otto Preminger romantic love triangle musical ("Something Really New! Something Truly Different!"; "Books and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd"; a re-telling of Bizet's Carmen opera, with black African Americans in all the lead roles) starring Dorothy Dandridge (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Carmen Jones), Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Joe Adams, Marilyn Horne (who provided the singing voice for Dandridge), and Marvin Hayes (who provided the singing voice for Joe Adams). Note that this was the first movie that Preminger hired Saul Bass to do the title treatment for, and he DID an image used on the cover of the pressbook, but he did NOT do any images for any of the U.S. posters. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Saul Bass Important Added Info: Note that the large "flaming rose" image on the cover of this pressbook was drawn by Saul Bass (it was from the title sequence he designed for the movie). The U.S. posters do not use this image, and therefore do NOT have Saul Bass art (as has often been incorrectly reported by many sellers and websites). Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners received pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded down the middle. There are many scuffs in the solid black areas on the covers. Otherwise, the pressbook is in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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