Charlot joue Carmen

Original title: A Burlesque on Carmen

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Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Leo White, and May White in Charlot joue Carmen (1915)

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.

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Charles Chaplin

Officer Darn Hosiery
(as Charlie Chaplin)

Edna Purviance

Carmen - the Gypsy

Ben Turpin

Remendados - The Smuggler

Lawrence A. Bowes

Soldier
(uncredited)

Frank J. Coleman

Soldier
(uncredited)
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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)

May White

Frasquita
(uncredited)

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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.

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.

Alternate versions
The 1920 re-issue had new titles and some different character names.

Connections
Featured in Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998)

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Hard to Review This

I saw the 1951 UK version of this. It was narrated by Peter Dellars of all people and be sounds like Pete Smith. This version is also based on the 4 reeler version which Chaplin sued to stop being screened (Essanay added two reels to Chaplin's original version after he left for another studio!

So because they added a dumb narration to an additional two reels that was added after the fact, it's hard to review.

On one hand I can't evaluate it because of the silly narration that keeps getting in the way. On the other hand if it wasn't there I would have likely shut this off.

Except for The Gold Rush, I've never like Chaplin much. I found him way to simplistic and at the same time too broad. I know he was huge back in the day, but I just don't "get" him. Maybe this movie being 113 years old tells us why.