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Film

Porgy and Bess (1959) and Carmen Jones (1954)

When

Saturday Jan 19, 2008 (7:30pm)

Where

Aero Theatre

1328 Montana Ave

323.466.3456

Price

$10

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Aero Theatre says…

Dorothy Dandridge stars in Otto Preminger's two musical assaults on mid-century sexual (and racial) conservatism, Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones. Whether playing drug-addicted prostitute Bess or seductress Carmen Jones, Dandridge dazzles in each handsomely choreographed tragedy. Each of the man-loves-woman, woman-leaves-man romances is full of rich performances: Porgy and Bess features Sidney Poitier as the cripple Porgy working against a swaggering Sammy Davis Jr. and a burly Brock Peters, while Carmen Jones pits a GI Joe (Harry Belafonte) against a husky boxer (Joe Adams). Preminger's languorous takes and exacting direction add to the magic.