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Burlesque on Carmen (1916)
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April 1916 (USA)
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This is a parody of two "Carmen"s, Bizet's opera and a movie (1915) starring Geraldine Farrar. Smugglers come ashore...
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Worst Chaplin ever?
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(Complete credited cast) | Charles Chaplin | ... | Darn Hosiery |
 | Edna Purviance | ... | Carmen |
| Jack Henderson | ... | Lillas Pastia |
| Ben Turpin | ... | Remendados |
| Leo White | ... | A Civil Guard |
| John Rand | ... | Escamillo |
| May White | ... | Frasquita |
| Bud Jamison | ... | Soldier of the Guard |
| Lawrence A. Bowes | ... | Soldier |
| Frank J. Coleman | ... | Soldier |
| Wesley Ruggles | ... | A Vagabond |
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Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (USA) (complete title)
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67 min
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Charles 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.
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Version of La tragédie de Carmen (1983)
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You gotta be a fan of the little man but I found Burlesque on Carmen dull, unimaginative and totally not funny.
Chaplin is retelling the story of Carmen and plays a big role himself as Don Jose. It's a story about men and the women they love, although it's unclear why one would love such a woman as Carmen, as she is playing the men against each other.
As I said I didn't think much of it. Chaplin made dozens and dozens of better movies so you can leave this one on the shelve.
Oh and I'm curious what the difference is between this movie and the 1915 version... or is it just an IMDB mistake?
On the whole: 3/10.