Gipsy Blood
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.
- Year : 1931
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Music, Drama
- Studio : British International Pictures
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- Director : Cecil Lewis
- Cast : Marguerite Namara, Thomas F. Burke, Lance Fairfax, Lester Matthews, Mary Clare, Lewin Mannering