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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