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Loves of Carmen
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8538 feet
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Cast: Dolores Del Rio [Carmen], Don Alvarado [Don José], Victor McLaglen [Escamillo], Nancy Nash [Michaela], Rafael Valverda [Miguel], Mathilde Comont [Emilia], Jack Baston [Morales], Carmen Costello [Teresa], Fred Kohler [the gypsy chief]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Gertrude Orr, from the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Assistant director, Archibald Buchanan. Cinematography by Lucien Andriot and John Marta. Film editor, Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Intertitles written by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Presented by William Fox. / © 21 August 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24337]. Released 4 September 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Color-tinted. / Silent film.
Drama.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 8 October 1927, page 381] Carmen, a gypsy, working in a Spanish cigar factory, is flaunted by Escamillo, the bullfighter, but infatuates José, a soldier, who aids her to escape from jail and follows her to the gypsy camp. Tiring of his love, Carmen finally fascinates Escamillo and the love-crazed José kills her at a bull fight just as Escamillo is being proclaimed by the audience.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 October 2014.
References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.0610, F1.0611; AFI-F2 n. F2.3270; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 182-184 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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