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A Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's thirteenth film for Essanay Studios, originally released as Carmen on December 18, 1915. Chaplin played the leading man and Edna Purviance played Carmen. The film is a parody of Cecil B. DeMille 's Carmen 1915, which was itself an interpretation of the popular novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée .
A Burlesque on Carmen: Directed by Charles Chaplin, Leo White. With Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin, Lawrence A. Bowes. A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
Feb 14, 2019 · A Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's 13th film for Essanay Studios, originally released as Carmen on December 18, 1915. The story of Carmen was very popular in the 1910s.
A Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's thirteenth film for Essanay Studios, originally released as Carmen on December 18, 1915.
Charlie Chaplin's 48th Film Released Dec. 18 1915 Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen was Chaplin's 13th film for Essanay Films. It was released in 1915 and then later recut into a...
A Burlesque on Carmen. Summaries. A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run. This is a parody of two "Carmen"s, Bizet's opera and a movie (1915) starring Geraldine Farrar. Smugglers come ashore. Their leader sends the gypsy Carmen to lure Don Jose (called Darn Hosiery) away so they can get the contraband to town.
Chaplin’s burlesque of Cecil B. DeMille’s popular film version of Carmen (1915), starring the great opera diva Geraldine Farrar, as well as a rival version of Carmen (1915) starring Theda Bara, was originally intended as a two-reel comedy.
Apr 26, 2023 · A Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin’s thirteenth film for Essanay Studios, originally released as Carmen on December 18, 1915. Chaplin played the leading man and Edna Purviance played Carmen. The film is a parody of Cecil B. DeMille’s Carmen 1915, which was itself an interpretation of the popular novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée.
Burlesque on Carmen is an above average Essanay picture and features some nice subtle comedy as well as the usual trips, kicks and pokes. It also features the first noticeably decent performance from Chaplin regular Edna Purviance.
Dec 31, 2014 · Charlie Chaplin played Dain Hosiery and Edna Purviance played Carmen. Carmen was very popular at this time and one of the reasons Chaplin decided to create his own comedy version on the opera. Theda Bara had recently played the part in a film version in 1915.
