“Carmen Jones”

21st June 2025, 8pm

Last Remaining Seats, the Los Angeles Conservancy’s  flagship film series, is back on Broadway this June! This summer, three of downtown Los Angeles’s most stunning historic theatres will be on full display for attendees of the Last Remaining Seats: the Orpheum Theatre, the United Theater on Broadway, and the Million Dollar Theatre.

Join us for our closing screening of Carmen Jones (1954) , featuring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte!

A bold reimagining of Bizet’s opera, CARMEN JONES (1954) broke new ground by bringing Black voices to the forefront of Hollywood cinema. Directed by Otto Preminger with a screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II, the film follows the passionate and beautiful Carmen—played by Dorothy Dandridge in a historic, Oscar-nominated performance—as she entangles a soldier, played by Harry Belafonte, in a tragic romance. Featuring Pearl Bailey and a vibrant all-Black cast, the film’s Technicolor brilliance and cultural impact continue to resonate as a landmark achievement in American film history.

Stay in your seat after the screening for a FREE Q&A about the historic Million Dollar Theatre.

Running time 1 hr 45 mins. Color presented in DCP.

Doors 7pm. Screening starts at 8pm. Tickets $20 Members / $25 General Public / $10 Youth (17 and under).

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