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. Gipsy Blood is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. 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. SPECIAL FEATURES Ten minutes of deleted scenes Image gallery
