Carmen /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Paramount Pictures Corporation, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Shepard, David, Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958, DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959, De Mille, William C. (William Churchill), 1878-1955, Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967, Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923, De Cordoba, Pedro, 1881-1950, Turnbull, Hector, MacPherson, Jeanie, -1946, Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973, Ward, Fannie, 1872-1952, Dean, Jack, 1875-1950, Neill, James, 1860-1931, Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Silent films with musical accompaniment and English intertitles.
Series:	Blackhawk Films collection.
Subjects:	Silent films. Mérimée, Prosper, > 1803-1870 > Parodies, imitations, etc. DeMille, Cecil B. > (Cecil Blount), > 1881-1959 > Parodies, imitations, etc. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Seduction > Drama. Asians > United States > Drama. Feature films.

Description
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.
Item Description:	Carmen and The cheat originally produced as motion pictures in 1915. Burlesque on Carmen originally produced as a film short in 1916. Special feature: Burlesque on "Carmen," a reconstructed version of a parody of DeMille's film as originally produced and performed by Charlie Chaplin. "Cecil B. Demille double feature." Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color tinted and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Carmen: photography, Alvin Wyckoff ; 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 ; c1997 Film Preservation Associates.