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Spanish Eyes is a 1930 British musical film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Anthony Ireland, Donald Calthrop and Dennis Noble. 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". Foy was invited to Donald Calthrop's dressing room for a drink where her costume caught fire. Although the inquest exonerated him Calthrop's career never entirely recovered from the incident.

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

1. BFI.org
2. Sweet p.94
3. Sweet p.94-96
4. Sweet p.96-100

External links

• Spanish Eyes at IMDb

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