CARMEN JONES (1954; 1963 1st Spanish release) Pressbook

Carmen Jones. [Barcelona?]: Twentieth Century Fox, 1963. Vintage original Spanish pressbook (for the film’s first release in Spain), about 13 x 10″ (33 x 26 cm), folded once (as issued), stamp of a former collector on front cover, pictorial wrappers, 6 pp., a few very light stains, overall very good+.

The Dorothy Dandridge artwork on the front cover is adapted from the American campaign, but the Spanish artist has greatly improved on the U.S. original — this rendering of Dandridge is much livelier and lifelike. The inner spread contains a montage of images from Otto Preminger’s classic Black-cast musical film.