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.

Top Cast

Marguerite Namara

Carmen

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Thomas F. Burke

Don Jose

L

Lance Fairfax

Escamillo

Lester Matthews

Zuniga

Mary Clare

Factory Girl

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Lewin Mannering

Innkeeper

Hay Petrie

Remenado

Dennis Wyndham

Doncairo