Rent Gipsy Blood (1931)
3.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 17min
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- Synopsis:
- 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.
- Actors:
- Marguerite Namara, Thomas F. Burke, Lance Fairfax, Lester Matthews, Mary Clare, Dennis Wyndham, Lewin Mannering, Hay Petrie, Madame Else
- Directors:
- Cecil Lewis
- Writers:
- Cecil Lewis, Walter C. Mycroft, Prosper Mérimée
- Aka:
- Carmen
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
