Carmen Jones

VHS, Not Rated, 105 minutes, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

In the late 1950s, Dorothy Dandridge was among the first black performers to achieve star status in the American cinema as the leading lady it two legendary films, "Carmen Jones" and "Porgy And Bess." Factory worker Carmen Jones is a passionate and sexy singer who lures Joe, a handsome soldier, away from his sweetheart and his regiment. But she also plays a dangerous flirting game, and when she ultimately leave Joe for a heavyweight prizefighter, his love turns into a deadly and dangerous rage.