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.

• Release date
• October 30, 1931
• Runtime
• 80 min
• Genres
• Music, Drama
• Director
• Cecil Lewis

Cast

Marguerite Namara Carmen

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Thomas F. Burke Don Jose

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Lance Fairfax Escamillo Lester Matthews Zuniga Mary Clare Factory Girl

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Lewin Mannering Innkeeper Hay Petrie Remenado Dennis Wyndham Doncairo