Carmen (1915 Cecil B. DeMille film)

Infobox Film
name = Carmen


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director = Cecil B. DeMille
producer = Cecil B. DeMille
writer = Cecil B. DeMille
Prosper Mérimée
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starring = Geraldine Farrar
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cinematography = Alvin Wyckoff
editing = Anne Bauchens
Cecil B. DeMille
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released = 31 October, 1915
runtime = 59 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent
English intertitles
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imdb_id = 0005060

"Carmen" is a 1915 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Carmen1915-1.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Carmen |accessdate=2008-05-15|work=Silent Era] It is based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée.

The existing versions of this film appear to be from the 1918, re-edited release.Higashi, Sumiko (1994). "Cecil B. DeMille and American Culture: The Silent Era" (University of California Press), p. 217. ISBN 0520085574. Anne Bauchens' credit as a co-editor on this film is consistent with a 1918 release date for a re-edited version. After "Carmen", Bauchens' next editing credit was the 1918 film "We Can't Have Everything". The absence of editing credits for her on DeMille's 1916 and 1917 films would be surprising if the version of "Carmen" that she edited had been released in 1915.]

Plot

Don Jose, an officer of the law, is seduced by the gypsy girl Carmen, in order to facillitate her clan's smuggling endeavors. Don Jose becomes obsessed, turning to violent crime himself in order to keep the attentions of Carmen.

Cast

* Geraldine Farrar - Carmen
* Wallace Reid - Don Jose
* Pedro de Cordoba - Escamillo
* Horace B. Carpenter - Pastia
* William Elmer - Morales
* Jeanie Macpherson - Gypsy girl
* Anita King - Gypsy girl
* Milton Brown - Garcia
* Tex Driscoll
* Raymond Hatton - Spectator at Bullfight (uncredited)

References

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*imdb title|id=0005060|title=Carmen