The Loves of Carmen dvd movie.|
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List Price: $27.95 Our Price: $24.99 You Save: $2.96 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 23 August, 1948 DVD Release : 21 December, 1999 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Rita Hayworth burns up the screen |
| "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 DVD boasts a magnificent color transfer with the original theatrical trailer included. |
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