Burlesque on Carmen

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Burlesque on Carmen
1916 advertisement
Directed by	Charlie Chaplin
Produced by	Jess Robbins
Written by	Prosper Mérimée Charlie Chaplin
Starring	Charles Chaplin Jack Henderson Edna Purviance Leo White
Music by	Robert Israel (Kino video release)
Cinematography	Roland Totheroh
Editing by	Charlie Chaplin
Distributed by	Essanay Studios General Film Company
Release dates	December 18, 1915
Running time	44 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English (original intertitles)

This article is about the 1915 Chaplin film. For other uses, see Carmen (disambiguation).

Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's thirteenth film for Essanay Films. It was released in 1915 and then later recut into a different version in 1916. Charlie Chaplin played Darn 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.

Synopsis

Purviance and Chaplin

A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

Cast

Charles Chaplin - Darn Hosiery
Edna Purviance - Carmen
Jack Henderson - Lillas Pastia
Leo White - Morales, Officer of the Guard
John Rand - Escamillo the Toreador
May White - Frasquita
Bud Jamison - Soldier of the Guard
Lawrence A. Bowes - Gypsy
Frank J. Coleman - Soldier

Production

The film was released in two reels at the end of 1915 when Chaplin's contract with Essanay Studios was up. The studio added two reels worth of additional non-Chaplin material and re-released the film in 1916.

Music

The film included the song "Carmen" by William McKenna.

External links

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Burlesque on Carmen at the Internet Movie Database
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v t e Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

Keystone Studios (1914)	Twenty Minutes of Love Caught in the Rain A Busy Day Her Friend the Bandit Mabel's Married Life Laughing Gas The Face on the Bar Room Floor Recreation The Masquerader His New Profession The Rounders The Property Man The New Janitor Those Love Pangs Dough and Dynamite Gentlemen of Nerve His Musical Career His Trysting Place Getting Acquainted His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915–18)	His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement The Tramp By the Sea His Regeneration Work A Woman The Bank Shanghaied A Night in the Show Burlesque on Carmen Police Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916–17)	The Floorwalker The Fireman The Vagabond One A.M. The Count The Pawnshop Behind the Screen The Rink Easy Street The Cure The Immigrant The Adventurer

First National (1918–23)	A Dog's Life The Bond Shoulder Arms Sunnyside A Day's Pleasure The Professor The Kid The Idle Class Pay Day The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923–52)	A Woman of Paris The Gold Rush The Circus City Lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Monsieur Verdoux Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York A Countess from Hong Kong

See also	Charlie Chaplin filmography The Chaplin Revue The Freak

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