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Gipsy Blood
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- Drama
- Music
Overview
In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizet’s opera, Gipsy Blood features celebrated American soprano Marguerite Namara as the capricious gypsy girl from the cigarette factory; her co-performers include Thomas Burke as Carmen’s tormented lover, Don José, and New Zealand-born baritone Lance Fairfax as his rival, the toreador Escamillo.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 30, 1931
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- British International Pictures
- Cast
- Mary Clare,Lewin Mannering,Dennis Wyndham,Lester Matthews,Thomas F. Burke,Marguerite Namara,Hay Petrie,Lance Fairfax
- Director
- Cecil Lewis
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0022747