Carmen (1915 Raoul Walsh film)

Carmen
Film poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Written by	Raoul Walsh (scenario)
Based on	Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Starring	Theda Bara Einar Linden
Cinematography	Georges Benoît George Schneiderman
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 1, 1915 (1915-11-01)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles
Budget	$200,000 [1]

Theda Bara as Carmen

Carmen is a 1915 American silent drama film, written and directed by Raoul Walsh, which starred Theda Bara. It is based on the 1845 novella Carmen , the film was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. ^[2]

Cast

• Theda Bara as Carmen
• Einar Linden as Don Jose
• Carl Harbaugh as Escamillo
• James A. Marcus as Dancaire
• Emil De Varney as Captain Morales
• Elsie MacLeod as Michaela
• Fay Tunis as Carlotta
• Joseph P. Green

Preservation

With no prints of Carmen located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of lost films
• Carmen, surviving film adaption of Carmen also released in November 1915 directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• 1937 Fox vault fire

References

1. Genini, Ronald (February 8, 2013). Theda Bara: A Biography of the Silent Screen Vamp, with a Filmography. McFarland. p. 1874. ISBN   978-0-786-49161-2.
2. Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. 2006. p. 33. ISBN   0-738-54501-5.
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Carmen
4. "Silent Era: Carmen". silentera. Retrieved June 28, 2008.

External links

• Carmen at IMDb
• Review from Motion Picture News, printed alongside a review for the DeMille production