Spanish Eyes is a 1930 British musical film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Anthony Ireland, Donald Calthrop and Dennis Noble.BFI.org 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".Sweet p.94 Foy was invited to Donald Calthrop's dressing room for a drink where her costume caught fire.Sweet p.94-96 Although the inquest exonerated him Calthrop's career never entirely recovered from the incident.Sweet p.96-100
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.
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