266948
266948

Gipsy Blood

1931-10-30 en 80m
MusicDrama
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.

Director

Cecil Lewis

Novel

Prosper Mérimée

Writer

Walter C. Mycroft

Writer

Cecil Lewis

Music Director

Malcolm Sargent

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • British International Pictures