Basic Info
Release: October 30, 1931
Gipsy Blood
1931
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.
Genres
Music
Drama
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Marguerite Namara
Carmen
Thomas F. Burke
Don Jose
Lance Fairfax
Escamillo
Lester Matthews
Zuniga
Mary Clare
Factory Girl
Lewin Mannering
Innkeeper
Hay Petrie
Remenado
Dennis Wyndham
Doncairo
Crew
Cecil Lewis
Director
Cecil Lewis
Writer
Walter C. Mycroft
Writer
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