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''Carmen'' is a 1915 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
, written and directed by
Raoul Walsh, which starred
Theda Bara
Theda Bara ( ; born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress.
Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Her femme fatal ...
. It is based on the 1845
novella ''
Carmen'', the film was shot at the Fox Studio in
Fort Lee, New Jersey
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As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 40,191. As of the 2010 U.S. census, t ...
. It is now considered
lost
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History
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.
Cast
*
Theda Bara
Theda Bara ( ; born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress.
Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols. Her femme fatal ...
as Carmen
* Einar Linden as Don Jose
*
Carl Harbaugh
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Carl Harbaugh ( – February 26, 1960) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director.
Biography
On Broadway, Harbaugh performed in ''The Greyhound'' (1912) and ''The Bludgeon'' (1914).
He was married to Frances Lawson Bouis (? - ...
as Escamillo
*
James A. Marcus
James A. Marcus (January 21, 1867 – October 15, 1937) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in New York City. On October 15, 1937, Marcus died in Hollywood, California from a myocardi ...
as Dancaire
* Emil De Varney as Captain Morales
* Elsie MacLeod as Michaela
* Fay Tunis as Carlotta
* Joseph P. Green
See also
*
List of lost films
*''
Carmen,'' surviving film adaption of ''Carmen'' also released in November 1915 directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
*
1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...
References
External links
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Reviewfrom ''
Motion Picture News
The ''Motion Picture News'' was an American film industry trade paper published from 1913 to 1930.
History
The publication was created through the 1913 merger of the ''Moving Picture News'' founded in 1908 and ''The Exhibitors' Times'', founded ...
,'' printed alongside a review for the DeMille production
1915 films
1915 drama films
1915 lost films
Fox Film films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films based on romance novels
Films based on Carmen
Films directed by Raoul Walsh
Films set in Spain
Films set in the 19th century
Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Lost American drama films
Films about Romani people
1910s American films
1910s English-language films
English-language drama films
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