Blood and Sand Overview:

Blood and Sand (1941) was a Drama - Sports Film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Robert Kane.

The film was based on the novel Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena) written by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez published in 1909.

SYNOPSIS

Swashbuckling Power stars in this Technicolor remake of the 1922 film that made Rudolph Valentino a household name. Juan, a poor boy from Seville, dreams of becoming a world-famous matador. He also dreams of marrying the beauteous Carmen Espinosa. Both wishes eventually come true, but at the height of his fame a sexy socialite seduces him away from his beloved wife. Power's in top form and Hayworth sizzles.

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Academy Awards 1941 --- Ceremony Number 14 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas LittleNominated
Best CinematographyErnest Palmer, Ray RennahanWon
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Blood and Sand (1941)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 17, 2019 From 4 Star Films

There’s little doubt Blood and Sand was a follow up?to The Mark of Zorro (1940) meant to capitalize?on the lucrative romantic pairing of devilishly handsome heartthrob?Tyrone Power and winsome ingenue Linda Darnell. But what it sets out to do, it achieves?through an?ability to capture?us in a ... Read full article


Sangue e Areia / Blood and Sand (1922)

By L? on Mar 26, 2016 From Critica Retro

Sangue e Areia / Blood and Sand (1922) N?o h? dois substantivos que melhor definam as touradas quanto os que Vicente Blasco Ib??ez escolheu para o t?tulo de seu famoso romance. Na vers?o cinematogr?fica de 1922, as touradas s?o deixadas em segundo plano e s?o mais explorados os bastidores da ... Read full article


Blood and Sand (1941)

By Beatrice on Jun 28, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Blood and Sand? Directed by Rouben Mamoulian Written by Jo Swerling based on a novel by Vicente Basco Iba?ez 1941/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental The technicolor and the spectacle are grand but I couldn’t get caught up in the story. Juan (Tyrone Power... Read full article


The Power-Mad Blogathon: Blood and Sand (1941)

By shadowsandsatin on May 4, 2014 From Shadows and Satin

When I heard that Lady Eve?s Reel Life and They Don?t Make ?Em Like They Used To were hosting a one-day blogathon in honor of Tyrone Power?s 100th?birthday, I wanted in. But Power, whose screen career started in the late 1930s, just missed the pre-Code era, and his great noir offering ? Nightmare Al... Read full article


Blood and Sand (1941)

on Aug 4, 2013 From Journeys in Classic Film

Blood and Sand is one of several big-budget Hollywood Technicolor extravaganza’s that took elegance and opulence to the next level.? The overabundance of opulence tends to make up for the dull story, but there’s something about the aesthetics of the film and the gorgeous cast assembled t... Read full article


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Quotes from

Nacional: [dying in great pain] I've dragged myself through the blood and sand of a thousand arenas. In the end there's only one thing I regret - I never learned to read or write. I was obliged to renounce education... but I make the whole world responsible for my ignorance.


Juan Gallardo: Someday I'll come back to you with a whole trunkful of clippings, and when you marry me, you'll marry the first torero of Spain, not the second or third, but the first, the greatest!


Garabato: The bull is not the beast! Look at the crowd! That is the real beast!


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Facts about

Rita Hayworth's first Technicolor film.
The tailor, Jose Dolores Perez, made exact copies of two of the matador suits of famed bullfighter Francisco Gómez Delgado (Armallita) to be worn by Tyrone Power.
Carole Landis was originally cast as Doña Sol des Muire but she was replaced by Rita Hayworth
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