Mamoulian’s remake of the 1922 Rudolph Valentino melodrama centers on a romantic triangle, a young bullfighter torn (and ultimately destroyed) by his love for two vastly different women, the loyal and lovely Linda Dranell and the dangerous siren Rita Hayworth.
Oscar Nominations: 2
Color Cinematography: Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan
Color Interior Decoration: Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright, art direction; Thomas Little, set decoration.
Oscar Awards: 1
Color Cinematography
Oscar Context:
The Art Direction Oscar went to the film “Blossoms in the Dust.”
