Gipsy Blood (1931)
Overview
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.
Cast
Marguerite Namara
Carmen
Lester Matthews
Zuniga
Dennis Wyndham
Doncairo
Mary Clare
Factory Girl
Hay Petrie
Remenado
