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The Loves of Carmen [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Rita Hayworth burns up the screen
Review date: 2007-11-22 Rating: 8 out of 10
"She's bad all the way through. She lies as easily as other people drink water. She's a liar, a thief and a cheat. Has no more manners than my Great Aunt's cat. She's really awful. And I'd sell my soul to hear her say just once she loves me."
1948's The Loves of Carmen may dispense with Bizet, but this lavish `straight' adaptation of the classic tale of destructive love from the days when Technicolor was still glorious does reunite Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford with their Gilda director Charles Vidor to good effect. The passion may not burn as hot or as deep as in Prosper Merimee's novel or Bizet's opera but it's fairly grand entertainment with all the production values that only the studio system at its height could provide even if idealistic young Spanish officer Ford's brooding over his ruined life and amoral gypsy temptress Carmen's fickle affections does threaten to get on your nerves in the last third. Hayworth wasn't yet a good enough actress to make the most of the part, but she certainly scores in the allure department.
Columbia's Region 1 NTSC DVD boasts a magnificent color transfer with the original theatrical trailer included.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Victor Jory
Rita Hayworth
Ron Randell
Luther Adler
Glenn Ford
Creators:
Rita Hayworth (Primary Contributor)
Glenn Ford (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Columbia TriStar
Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar
EAN: 9780767827706
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 0767827708
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC,
Release date: 1999-12-21
Universal product code (UPC): 043396086494
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
DVD layers: 1
DVD sides: 1
Picture format: Academy Ratio
Region code: 1
Running time: 96 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1948-08-23
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: Portuguese (Subtitled)
Language: Georgian (Subtitled)
Language: Chinese (Subtitled)
Language: Thai (Subtitled)
Language: Portuguese (Dubbed)