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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love and lust in the Bull Ring!, 22 Oct 2001
Rouben Mamoulian's Technicolor tale of the life and loves of a matador. This is the third movie based on Vicente Blasco Ibanez's exciting novel Sangre y Arena.
Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) rises from nothing to become Spain's number one matador. He has it all- wealth, happiness, skill and an adoring wife (Linda Darnell).
However, a beautiful Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth) enters his life and soon he falls in love, while his world comes crashing down as he realises he has given up all he had for a cold-hearted, fickle-minded temptress.
This is an enthralling movie with excellent support cast- Anthony Quinn as Manolo de Palma, Juan's lifelong rival, Laird Cregar as Curro, the obnoxious reporter and John Carradine as National, Juan's faithfull companion. This is a great story, but also as an insightful commentary on the spitefullness and fickleness of human beings.
Enjoy Hayworth's sultry dance with Quinn!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The rags-to-riches tale of a matador, 23 Sep 2005
The rags-to-riches tale of a matador, September 23, 2005
"Blood and Sand," stars Tyrone Power as Juan Gallardo, the son of a matador who died in the arena. Juan vows to be even better than his father, and gradually does become the most honored bullfighter in Sevilla. Along the way he marries his childhood sweetheart, Carmen (Linda Darnell), and falls under the spell of a wealthy and heartless socialite (Rita Hayworth).When this was made in 1941, movies focused on vibrant Technicolor, dramatic stories, stirring music, and beautiful stars, sometimes to the exclusion of subtlety or accuracy in the script. Such is the case with "Blood and Sand." It is glamour all the way, with sumptuous costumes and lead actors that are startlingly handsome. Power is charming as the swaggering matador, Darnell is the picture of devotion, and Hayworth is drop-dead gorgeous as the playgirl who uses men. None of them look, speak, or seem particularly Spanish, however, nor do the supporting actors such as John Carridine and George Reeves (TV's Superman). The dialogue tends to be cliché and melodramatic and the few Spanish words are mispronounced, but the point of the movie is to enjoy the visual spectacle, and that is very easy to do. The bullfighting scenes are stock footage, filmed at a distance, so there is no gore. Overall, this is a very pleasant film about pride, love, and ambition.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Classic!, 30 Jan 2004
Very colourful, very dramatic, filled with raw emotion, expecially in regards to the final scenes within the movie. Tyrone Power played the part to perfection, Linda Darnell was also very good but Rita Hayworth, I believe, was at her very bad best! Would recommend this movie to any film fan!
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