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A Burlesque on Carmen ()

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A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
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Officer Darn Hosiery (as Charlie Chaplin)
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Carmen - the Gypsy
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Remendados - The Smuggler
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Lawrence A. Bowes ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier / Smuggler (uncredited)
Fred Goodwins ...
Gypsy (uncredited)
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Pastia - Tavern Keeper (uncredited)
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Soldier of the Guard (uncredited)
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Escamillo - a Toreador (uncredited)
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A Vagabond (uncredited)
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Corporal Morales (uncredited)
May White ...
Frasquita (uncredited)

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Charles Chaplin ... (uncredited)
Leo White ... (uncredited)

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Charles Chaplin ... () (uncredited)
 
Prosper Mérimée ... (novel "Carmen") (uncredited)
 
Prosper Mérimée ... (novel "Carmen")

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Jess Robbins ... producer (as Jessie T. Robbins) / producer (uncredited)
George K. Spoor ... producer

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Roland Totheroh
Harry Ensign ... (uncredited)

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Herman G. Weinberg ... (uncredited)

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Albert Couder ... (uncredited)

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Ernest Van Pelt ... assistant director (uncredited)

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E.T. Mazy ... scenic artist (uncredited)

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Timothy Brock ... conductor (2014)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ... performers (2014)
Hugo Riesenfeld ... music arranger (uncredited)

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Herman G. Weinberg ... subtitler (uncredited)
Leo White ... director: new footage (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

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. There are grand swordfights, deaths, returns to life. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines YOU'LL SHAKE! SHIVER! SHOUT WITH LAUGHTER! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (United States)
  • Charlot joue Carmen (France)
  • Charlie Chaplins Carmen-Parodie (Germany)
  • Charlie gra Carmen (Poland)
  • Charlot în 'Carmen' (Romania)
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  • 31 min
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Trivia 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. See more »
Goofs After 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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998). See more »
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