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Gipsy Blood

1931 · 80 min

A stagey early sound musical where operatic passion and fatal jealousy simmer, offering melodrama and song rather than naturalistic drama.

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.

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • love
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism5
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
music, drama
Directed by
Cecil Lewis
Written by
Cecil Lewis, Walter C. Mycroft
Starring
Marguerite Namara, Thomas F. Burke, Lance Fairfax, Lester Matthews, Dennis Wyndham, Mary Clare, Hay Petrie, Victor Fairley
Cinematography
James Wilson
Runtime
80 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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