Gipsy Blood 1931
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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.
- Released: 1931-10-30
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Genre: Music, Drama
- Stars: Marguerite Namara, Thomas F. Burke, Lance Fairfax, Lester Matthews, Mary Clare
- Director: Cecil Lewis, Prosper Mérimée, Walter C. Mycroft, Cecil Lewis, Malcolm Sargent
