Gipsy Blood (1931)
1h 20m
Running Time
October 30, 1931Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

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
Details.
Wiki.
Carmen is a 1931 British musical film directed by Cecil Lewis and starring Marguerite Namara, Thomas F. Burke and Lance Fairfax. It is an adaptation of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is also known by the alternative title of Gipsy Blood. It was produced by British International Pictures, the country's leading company of the early sound era, and shot at the Elstree Studios near London.