• Oct 30, 1931
  • 80 min
  • Full-HD

Gipsy Blood (1931)

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.

Category
Country
United Kingdom
Companies
British International Pictures

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

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