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April 1916 (USA) morePlot:
This is a parody of two "Carmen"s, Bizet's opera and a movie (1915) starring Geraldine Farrar. Smugglers come ashore... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Charlie Chaplin and High Culture moreCast
(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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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. moreFAQ
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Chaplin takes this opportunity to take the mickey out of high culture in this satire on 'Carmen'. Only the upper classes could frequent the theatre before the 19th century. In the Victorian era, the middle classes joined them. In the 20th century, Chaplin took the mickey out of them as the chosen representative of the working classes.
Great film.