Gipsy Blood (1931)
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
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Marguerite Namara as Carmen |
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Thomas F. Burke as Don Jose |
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Lance Fairfax as Escamillo |
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Lester Matthews as Zuniga |
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Mary Clare as Factory Girl |
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Lewin Mannering as Innkeeper |
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Hay Petrie as Remenado |
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Dennis Wyndham as Doncairo |
| Directing | Cecil Lewis | Director |
| Writing | Prosper Mérimée | Novel |
| Writing | Walter C. Mycroft | Writer |
| Writing | Cecil Lewis | Writer |
| Sound | Malcolm Sargent | Music Director |
