Blood and Sand (1941 film)

Blood and Sand
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRouben Mamoulian
Screenplay byJo Swerling
Based onthe novel
by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Produced byAssociate producer:
Robert T. Kane
Producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck
StarringTyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Rita Hayworth
Nazimova
Anthony Quinn
J. Carrol Naish
Lynn Bari
John Carradine
Laird Cregar
Monty Banks
Vicente Gómez
CinematographyErnest Palmer, A.S.C.
Ray Rennahan, A.S.C.
Edited byRobert Bischoff
Music byAlfred Newman
Vicente Gómez
(guitarist)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 22, 1941 (1941-05-22)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,115,200[1]
Box office$2,717,200[1]

Blood and Sand is a 1941 American Technicolor film drama starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth and Nazimova. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and was based on the 1908 Spanish novel Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.[2] The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine and George Reeves. Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Gracilla Pirraga.[3][4]

Other versions of Blood and Sand include a 1922 version produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Rudolph Valentino, a 1916 version filmed by Blasco Ibanez with the help of Max André, and a 1989 version starring Christopher Rydell and Sharon Stone.

Blood and Sand was the fourth and last film in which Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell worked together. The others were Day-Time Wife (1939), Brigham Young (1940) and The Mark of Zorro (1940).[5]

  1. ^ a b Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
  2. ^ Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1919) Blood and Sand p. vii, E. P. Dutton, New York
  3. ^ Milne, 1969 p. 169-170: Filmography
  4. ^ Spergel, 1993 p. 282: Filmography and Stageography
  5. ^ Most Popular Films &c. with Tyrone Power And Linda Darnell