Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy
Franz Waxman (1906-1967) after Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Carmen Fantaisie ‘Fannie Hurst’s MOST DYNAMIC CHAPTERS SURGE TO Glowing LIFE!’ So said the trailer for the 1946 Warner Bros. movie adaptation of Fannie Hurst’s novel Humoresque. The ‘most vibrant LOVE STORY EVER TOLD’ (to quote again from the trailer), it was meant to dramatize the three-way tug […]