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A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
Charles Chaplin
- Officer Darn Hosiery
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Lawrence A. Bowes
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Frank J. Coleman
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- …
Fred Goodwins
- Gypsy
- (uncredited)
Jack Henderson
- Pastia - Tavern Keeper
- (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
- Soldier of the Guard
- (uncredited)
John Rand
- Escamillo - a Toreador
- (uncredited)
Wesley Ruggles
- A Vagabond
- (uncredited)
Leo White
- Corporal Morales
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Leo White(uncredited)
- Writers
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Prosper Mérimée(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaCharles Chaplin's two-reel version of this film, his final release for the Essanay Company, premiered in December 1915. After Chaplin left the studio, Essanay expanded the film, adding new scenes with Ben Turpin and Wesley Ruggles as gypsies, reinserting outtakes Chaplin had discarded and even splicing in multiple takes of scenes already included. Essanay's four-reel "feature" was released in April 1916. Chaplin was furious and filed a lawsuit against his former employers, but Essanay won the case in court. Prints of Essanay's version circulated for decades. In the 1990s an approximation of Chaplin's original version was at long last reconstructed by Kino Video.
- GoofsAfter Hosiery plucks the banknotes from Pastia, the latter is seen walking away with at least one note left behind his sash, but when he returns to his group it is gone.
- Alternate versionsThe 1920 re-issue had new titles and some different character names.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998)
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Chaplin's Shorter Version Much Improved
"Carmen" the 1845 novella by Prosper Merimee and the Georges Bizet opera have been adapted on screen numerous times since 1913. The oldest existing film version is Cecil B. DeMille's October 1915 "Carmen."
"Carmen," set in 1830 Spain, dealt with smugglers who conscripted the female gypsy to persuade a high-moral young Army officer manning the city gates to allow the group in to sell their goods. Naturally, the officer succumbs to Carmen's sexy whiles and his slippery slide down the corrupt ladder begins.
The themes in Carmen was especially popular in the mid-1910's during the time DeMille directed his movie, which was nominated by the American Film Institute in its Top 100 Most Passionate Films Ever Made. A month after the DeMille effort, Raoul Walsh released his "Carmen" a month later with Theda Bara, a lost film.
In one of Charlie Chaplin's final films for Essanay Studios, the comedian produced "A Burlesque on Carmen" in December 1915, based on the DeMille movie. Edna Purviance starred as Carmen,.
Chaplin's contract had expired shortly with Essanay after he made his "Carmen" because the studio had failed to meet his higher salary demands. Once he left, the studio added discarded footage Chaplin had shot as well as it created a subplot with Ben Turpin, extending the 30-minute short. Furious about the inferior movie that came out, Chaplin unsuccessfully sued the studio, causing much bitterness between them. A recent restoration of what Chaplin's original intentions were produced a highly-praised comedy that is recognized as one of his more intelligent movies in his resume.
"Carmen," set in 1830 Spain, dealt with smugglers who conscripted the female gypsy to persuade a high-moral young Army officer manning the city gates to allow the group in to sell their goods. Naturally, the officer succumbs to Carmen's sexy whiles and his slippery slide down the corrupt ladder begins.
The themes in Carmen was especially popular in the mid-1910's during the time DeMille directed his movie, which was nominated by the American Film Institute in its Top 100 Most Passionate Films Ever Made. A month after the DeMille effort, Raoul Walsh released his "Carmen" a month later with Theda Bara, a lost film.
In one of Charlie Chaplin's final films for Essanay Studios, the comedian produced "A Burlesque on Carmen" in December 1915, based on the DeMille movie. Edna Purviance starred as Carmen,.
Chaplin's contract had expired shortly with Essanay after he made his "Carmen" because the studio had failed to meet his higher salary demands. Once he left, the studio added discarded footage Chaplin had shot as well as it created a subplot with Ben Turpin, extending the 30-minute short. Furious about the inferior movie that came out, Chaplin unsuccessfully sued the studio, causing much bitterness between them. A recent restoration of what Chaplin's original intentions were produced a highly-praised comedy that is recognized as one of his more intelligent movies in his resume.
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By what name was A Burlesque on Carmen (1915) officially released in Canada in English?
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