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Carmen / Famous Players-Lasky production ; Jesse L. Lasky presents ; Cecil B. DeMille, director general ; photoplay by William C. DeMille ; produced by Cecil B. DeMille. The cheat / Jesse L. Lasky presents ; by Hector Turnbull ; scenario by Hector Turnbull and Jennie Macpherson ; produced by Cecil B. DeMille.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 812
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Blackhawk Films collection
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870--Film adaptations.
- Mérimée, Prosper.
- Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870--Parodies, imitations, etc.
- DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959--Parodies, imitations, etc.
- DeMille, Cecil B.
- Operas--Film adaptations.
- Operas.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Seduction--Drama.
- Seduction.
- Asians--United States--Drama.
- Asians.
- DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.
- Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Parody films.
- Fiction films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Parodies, imitations, etc.
- Silent films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (57 min., 59 min.) : sound, black and white (color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in.
- burning.
- Edition:
- DVD-MOD edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, CA] : Flicker Alley, [2015].
- Language Note:
- Silent films with added musical accompaniment and English intertitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 0 (all regions); full screen (1.33:1) presentation..
- digital optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video all regions
- Summary:
- (Carmen) A beautiful gypsy girl uses her irresistible charms to seduce a faithful military guard so that a band of smugglers can penetrate his stronghold.
- (The cheat): Depicts an impulsive, social climbing woman who gambles away Red Cross funds entrusted to her. She seeks the help of an Asian merchant to save her reputation and in return becomes his property.
- Participant:
- (Carmen) Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro De Cordoba, Horace B. Carpenter.
- (The cheat) Sessue Hayakawa, Fanny Ward, Jack Dean, James Neill.
- Credits:
- (Carmen) Photography, Alvin Wyckoff; art director, Wilfred Buckland; music, Georges Bizet, arranged and compiled by Hugo Riesenfeld, performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Timothy Brock conducting. The cheat: Photography, Alvin Wyckoff ; music composed and conducted by Robert Israel ; produced for DVD by David Shepard, copyright 1997 Film Preservation Associates.
- (The cheat) Photography, Alvin Wyckoff; music, Robert Israel.
- Notes:
- Bonus feature: Burlesque on 'Carmen' / Essanay (1916, 32 min.) featuring Charlie Chaplin.
- Includes Burlesque on Carmen, a parody of DeMille's film as originally produced and performed by Charlie Chaplin, reconstructed to reflect Chaplin's original version.
- Videodisc release of two motion pictures produced in 1915.
- Carmen is based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée.
- Contains:
- Container of: Cheat (Motion picture)
- Container of: Carmen (Motion picture : 1915)
- Container of: Burlesque on Carmen.
- OCLC:
- 982300148
- Publisher Number:
- 889290435460
- FA-MD3-029 Flicker Alley
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