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The Loves of Carmen

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The Loves of Carmen
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NR,1hr 36min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1948
Director:
Charles Vidor
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell  ...more
Synopsis: Perhaps it's just as well that Columbia elected to film Prosper Merimee's Carmen without Georges Bizet's music: after all, Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford weren't exactly Leontyne Price and Robert Merrill. The Loves of Carmen is a reasonably faithful rehash of Merimee's story of the tempestuous gypsy cigarette-factory worker Carmen (Hayworth) and the devastating effect she has on the men in her life. Assigned to arrest Carmen after a street brawl, handsome military officer Don Jose (Ford) falls in love ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
If you're going to make a non-operatic version of a famous opera, you need to have both an excellent reason for doing so and a new take on the material. The Loves of Carmen has the reason -- Rita Hayworth's unearthly beauty and incredible sex appeal -- but it falls down on the second score. Helen Deutsch's screenplay merely retells the opera's (and book's) story, which is exceedingly melodramatic, ... Full Review
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Rita Hayworth
Carmen Garcia
Glenn Ford
Don Jose
Ron Randell
Andres
Victor Jory
Garcia
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