The Loves of Carmen
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| The Loves of Carmen | |
 Poster above is from 1927 version starring Dolores Del Rio |
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| Directed by | Charles Vidor |
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| Starring | Rita Hayworth Glenn Ford |
| Music by | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 23 August 1948 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
The Loves of Carmen (1948) is a Technicolor film starring Rita Hayworth as the gypsy Carmen and Glenn Ford as her doomed lover Don José. It was directed by Charles Vidor and released by Columbia Pictures. The film was publicized as a dramatic adaptation of the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée and is otherwise unrelated to Georges Bizet's opera Carmen.
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[edit] Plot
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Following the plot of the opera, "Carmen," this story follows the wild gypsy's adventures as a siren and bandit. Carmen (Rita Hayworth) lures an innocent soldier (Glenn Ford) to his ruin, getting him expelled from the army. He then turns to banditry, killing Carmen's husband (Victor Jory) and others. All this makes for an unhappy ending with the innocent repenting his sins and dying for them
[edit] Cast
- Rita Hayworth ... Carmen
- Glenn Ford ... Don José
- Ron Randell ... Andrés
- Victor Jory ... García
- Luther Adler ... Dancaire
- Arnold Moss ... Colonel
- Joseph Buloff ... Remendado
- Margaret Wycherly ... Old Crone
- Bernard Nedell ... Pablo
- John Baragrey ... Lucas
[edit] Production
This was the first film chosen and co-produced by Hayworth's production company, the Beckworth Corporation, which gave her approval over her material and a percentage of the film's profits. As co-producer, Hayworth hired her father, the dancer Eduardo Cansino, to help choreograph the traditional Spanish dances. Also, her uncle José Cansino can be seen as her dance partner in one scene, and her brother Vernon Cansino has a bit part as a soldier.
The musical score of the film was composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Other cinema versions are realized in the Silent Cinema, in 1917 with Pola Negri, and in 1927 with Dolores del Rio.
