Carmen / by Prosper Mérimée ; Jesse L. Lasky presents ; a Paramount Picture ; Cecil B. DeMille, director general ; photoplay by William C. DeMille ; produced by Cecil B. DeMille ; a Famous Players-Lasky production. The cheat / by Hector Turnbull ; Jesse L. Lasky presents ; a Paramount Picture ; scenario by Hector Turnbull and Jeanie McPherson ; produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

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[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 merchan...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958
De Mille, William C. (William Churchill), 1878-1955
Turnbull, Hector
MacPherson, Jeanie, 1887-1946
Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967
Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923
De Cordoba, Pedro, 1881-1950
Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973
Ward, Fannie, 1872-1952
Dean, Jack, 1875-1950
Neill, James, 1860-1931
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
Shepard, David
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent films with musical accompaniment and English intertitles.
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2001], ©2001.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Blackhawk Films collection.
Subjects:
Mérimée, Prosper, > 1803-1870 > Film adaptations.
Mérimée, Prosper, > 1803-1870 > Parodies, imitations, etc.
DeMille, Cecil B. > (Cecil Blount), > 1881-1959 > Parodies, imitations, etc.
Operas > Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Seduction > Drama.
Asians > United States > Drama.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Parodies, imitations, etc.
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, black and white and tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Carmen ; The cheat.
Format: Video DVD
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.
Note:Includes Burlesque on Carmen, a reconstructed version of a parody of DeMille's film as originally produced and performed by Charlie Chaplin.
Originally released as motion pictures in 1915.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.75 .C376 2001 VideoDVD
AF9 D0001978 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated by MPAA.
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.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
[Carmen] Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro De Cordoba.
[The cheat] Sessue Hayakawa, Fanny Ward, Jack Dean, James Neill.