Gipsy Blood

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Marguerite Namara

Carmen

Age : 85 | Popularity : 3%

Thomas F. Burke

Don Jose

Age : 45 | Popularity : 3%

Lance Fairfax

Escamillo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lester Matthews

Zuniga

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Mary Clare

Factory Girl

Age : 78 | Popularity : 5%

Lewin Mannering

Innkeeper

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hay Petrie

Remenado

Age : 53 | Popularity : 8%

Dennis Wyndham

Doncairo

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Walter C. Mycroft Cecil Lewis
	Novel	Prosper Mérimée
Directing	Director	Cecil Lewis
Sound	Music Director	Malcolm Sargent
Department	Role	Name

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