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Title: ¿ olé Hollywood ?
Review: This sumptuous production, with its Oscar winning cinematography by Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan, is beautiful to watch. The use of color is spectacular, with brilliant blues and reds, and sets filled with shadows and light. The scene where we first see Rita Hayworth, a pre-corrida prayer, is an exquisite example.The music by Alfred Newman is wonderful, and the marvelous guitar selections played by Vicente Gomez are a treat. The bullfight scenes are good, but very sanitized, and the one with the young Juan, practicing at night, is terrific.I would have given this 5 stars, but for the casting of Tyrone Power as Gallardo. It's apple pie and milk instead of paella and vino tinto, and misses the mark by a mile. In the small part of the new matador that takes Gallardo's place in the ring and in Rita's heart, Anthony Quinn steals the show. He doesn't have Powers' eyelashes, but has the passion and intensity that would have made this film great had he been the leading man.
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