Spanish Eyes (film)

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Spanish Eyes
Directed by G. B. Samuelson
Starring Anthony Ireland
Dennis Noble
Donald Calthrop
Cinematography Basil Emmott
Production
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Release date
1930
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Spanish Eyes is a 1930 British musical film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Anthony Ireland, Donald Calthrop and Dennis Noble. [1] 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.

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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". [2] Foy was invited to Donald Calthrop's dressing room for a drink where her costume caught fire. [3] Although the inquest exonerated him Calthrop's career never entirely recovered from the incident. [4]

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  1. BFI.org [ dead link ]
  2. Sweet p.94
  3. Sweet p.94-96
  4. Sweet p.96-100