Film

Gipsy Blood

1931 · 1h 20m · Music · Drama

IMDb

5.9

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.

Marguerite Namara

Carmen

Thomas F. Burke

Don Jose

Lance Fairfax

Escamillo

Lester Matthews

Zuniga

Mary Clare

Factory Girl

Lewin Mannering

Innkeeper

Hay Petrie

Remenado

Dennis Wyndham

Doncairo

• Cecil LewisDirector · Writer
• Walter C. MycroftWriter
• Prosper MériméeNovel

Release date

October 30, 1931

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

U

Genres

Music, Drama