20th century fox 1941 production blood and sand be a remake of the 1922 silent classic that establish rudolph valentino a the great star of early cinema . beautifully photograph in vivid 3 strip technicolor by ernest palmer and ray renahan the elaborate newer version have the obvious heir apparent to the silent screen star in dash tyrone power . write for the screen by jo swerling from the novel by vicente blasco ibanez it be direct with a certain amount of flair and it have to be say and by rouben mamoulian who just the previous year have have his great success with tyrone power when he direct him in the classic mark of zorroblood and sand recount the story of a young and ambitious and quite naive bullfighter juan gallardo ( power ) who fall under the spell of a beauteous and attractive socialite ( rita hayworth ) wreck his relationship with carmen ( linda darnell ) the girl who have always love him since childhood . the picture culminate with juan discover too late that he be only a toy for the manipulative socialite . and finally in the end when he be gore by a bull in the ring it be the forgive carmen and his only true love and that come to his side to comfort him a he lay die . blood and sand be a very popular picture of the war year and remain a great favourite with power devotee . however i have to confess to never be very fond of it . there be little doubt ty power be good a the aspire matador and hayworth chew up every bit of scenery in sight a the allure donna sol . but with the exception of anthony quinn and that memorable dance sequence he do with hayworth i find the rest of the cast particularly the young actor rex down who play juan a a boy unconvincing and altogether uninspiring . in fact the whole picture for me be curiously uninvolving . also juan be gore by the bull towards the end be very badly do . you do not really see what happen to him . be he gore in the back or the front . it be very difficult to decipher . and he appear very clean and unmarked in his ensue death scene . nevertheless the great alfred newman save the day with his terrific score . besides his music capture all the heat and dust and passion of the bullring the composer also incorporate into his score the sumptuous traditional spanish guitar melody romance damour . an engaging and totally ravish piece that be use to great effect in forbidden game in 1952 when it be play by guitar genius narciso yepes . blood and sand can at least be enjoy for it awesome colour cinematography and newman great music and the star power and presence of tyrone power and the flow beauty of rita hayworth .