

Blood and Sand
Brash young Spanish peasant Juan Gallardo aspires to follow his dead father's footsteps into the bullring, despite his mother's fears. He then rises meteorically to fame and fortune in the bullfight arena but his career soon takes a turn when his head is turned by an elegant temptress.
















15 July 1897, Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

8 July 1911, Madrid, Spain

18 April 1889, Naples, Italy

26 May 1893, Solomonsville, Arizona, USA

24 August 1869, Spennymoore, England UK

3 August 1918, New York City, New York, USA

5 January 1914, Woolstock, Iowa, USA

5 February 1906, New York City, New York, USA


30 August 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA

22 August 1891, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

12 October 1884, Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

November 23, 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA

19 April 1927, Beckley, West Virginia, USA

20 April 1925, Hollywood, California, USA

22 May 1879, Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]

19 July 1913, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA

18 December 1913, Roanoke, Virginia, USA

21 April 1915, Chihuahua, Mexico

July 24, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

26 August 1931, Denver, Colorado, USA

16 October 1923, Dallas, Texas, USA

3 March 1927, Los Angeles, California, USA

October 19, 1906 in Havana, Cuba

12 January 1907, Mount Vernon, New York, USA (some sources say 1903)

November 6, 1896 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

28 September 1881, New York City, New York, USA

28 July 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

21 April 1925, San Francisco, California, USA

17 February 1928



November 20, 2003
Mamoulian's most gorgeous color film is slightly hampered by its script.
July 02, 2006
Mamoulian's excellent execution of the mise en scène gives the film an unexpected vigor.
June 12, 2005
Bullish action + Linda Darnell marks this Ty Power starrer.
April 09, 2012
This handsomely mounted remake, which deservedly won the Color Cinematography Oscar, boasts production values that overwhelm the story and its characters.