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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
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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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It's surprising how many films Chaplin made out of his tramp character in his earlier years. Here, in a parody of the famous opera (hence the highly original title), Chaplin plays a soldier in charge of the guard detailed to prevent smuggling onto its country's shores. The ne'er-do-wells who want to bring in their goods employ Carmen, a voluptuous young lady who is rather free and easy with her favours, to entice Chaplin away so that they can go about their business as usual. This one's a bit of a mess, with only a few scattered laughs found amongst a fairly turgid attempt at lampooning high(ish) art. Definitely not one of Chaplin's best, but then he was churning out so many films during this period that I suppose he was bound to produce a turkey every now and then.
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- JoeytheBrit
- Nov 4, 2009
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- Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen
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- Runtime31 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was A Burlesque on Carmen (1915) officially released in Canada in English?
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