Spanish Eyes (film)

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 dring 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".^[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]

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

External links

• Spanish Eyes at the Internet Movie Database