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Spanish Eyes (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Spanish Eyes' is a 1930 British musical film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Anthony Ireland, Donald Calthrop and Dennis Noble.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118050833/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/355295 BFI.org] It had a gypsy theme and was made at Twickenham Studios in West London. The film was made at night, to allow other more important productions to use the studio in the daytime - a common practice at Twickenham during the era.
The film became known for the death of Nita Foy, a West End chorus girl who was working on the film, in what became known as "the Film Studio Horror".Sweet p.94 Foy was invited to Donald Calthrop's dressing room for a drink where her costume caught fire.Sweet p.94-96 Although the inquest exonerated him Calthrop's career never entirely recovered from the incident.Sweet p.96-100
Cast
* Anthony Ireland - Chechester
* Dennis Noble - Amalio
* Donald Calthrop - Mascoso
* Edna Davies - Estrella
* Antonia Brough - Landlady
Bibliography
* Sweet, Matthew. 'Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema'. Faber and Faber, 2005.
References
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