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The Loves of Carmen

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In 19th century Spain, the beautiful and highly temperamental gypsy Carmen (Rita Hayworth) lures naive young soldier Don Jose (Glenn Ford) into a doomed romance. Completely infatuated with the mesmerizing woman, Don Jose deserts the army and is coerced by his lover into killing her husband. His life slides further into oblivion when he falls in with a gang of bandits, continuing his crime spree. Carmen continues to manipulate him, which results in a shocking and tragic conclusion.
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Virginia Graham The Spectator [Rita Hayworth] is the very essence of all musical-comedy Carmens, twirling about in mauve taffeta with a rose, peeking up at her lovers with coy and twinkling eyes and biting her rivals to the bone. Jun 13, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: C+ Feb 27, 2013 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It doesn't even have Bizet's music. Rated: C Apr 25, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Georgan G Quite a thriller with Rita's Carmen being the evil woman. She was sold into marriage at age 12 & had to steal to earn a living. Of course, those around her saw that as "evil." Rita's sparkling eyes & beautiful face is worth a watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review James B Each time I watch a Rita Hayworth movie, I do so to rid myself of the nagging suspicion that she can’t act, but this movie only reinforces that thought. If there ever was a movie in which she should have excelled, it would have been this one. Trained in Flamenco from an early age, possessed with a great amount of natural beauty, and being Spanish herself, one would think she would subsume the role, but that never happens. She just isn’t vamp-y enough. Too soft. Not edgy. No magnetism. She doesn’t “Carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.” To quote Billy Joel. The other actors, with the exception of Ford, put on a fine performance. There just isn’t any chemistry between the two leads. Ford’s reactions remind me of Jeff Spiccoli: “Dude! That was my head!” Numb. Watch it if you must. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/24 Full Review Audience Member Outstanding acting of Rita Hayworth as the temperamental and manipulative Carmen who seduces her men as she desires. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review ashley h The Loves of Carmen is a decent film. It is about a beautiful but amoral gypsy girl entices a young dragoon to betray his honor. Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Charles Vidor did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the adventure and drama. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Horrible script, juvenile acting by Hayworth and Ford. Since they were capable of more, this shows the power of the script. Why would such a monstrosity be green-lighted? Columbia seemed to lack the experience of bigger studios because they churned out so many clunkers that should have been stopped pre-production. This is a prime example of the drecks the industry could produce. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member After seeing Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in :The Loves of Carmen" last night on TCM, I have a real appreciation of why Rita Hayworth was such a huge box office draw. She was exciting to watch and it's easy to see how so many men were mesmerized by her beauty and spunk! Glenn Ford was perfect or the role of Don Jose as well. I'd watch this movie again! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 19th century Spain, the beautiful and highly temperamental gypsy Carmen (Rita Hayworth) lures naive young soldier Don Jose (Glenn Ford) into a doomed romance. Completely infatuated with the mesmerizing woman, Don Jose deserts the army and is coerced by his lover into killing her husband. His life slides further into oblivion when he falls in with a gang of bandits, continuing his crime spree. Carmen continues to manipulate him, which results in a shocking and tragic conclusion.
Director
Charles Vidor
Producer
Charles Vidor
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 23, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 26, 2018
Runtime
1h 39m
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