A Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's thirteenth film for Essanay Studios, released as Carmen on December 18, 1915. Chaplin played the leading man and Edna Purviance played Carmen. The film is a parody of the overacted Cecil B. DeMille Carmen of 1915 which was itself an interpretation of the popular novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Composer Hugo Riesenfeld wrote the music for both the DeMille and the Chaplin films, based on George Bizet's opera Carmen. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Starring: <br />Charles Chaplin - Darn Hosiery <br />Edna Purviance - Carmen <br />Jack Henderson - Lillas Pastia <br />Leo White - Morales, Officer of the Guard <br />John Rand - Escamillo the Toreador <br />May White - Frasquita <br />Bud Jamison - Soldier of the Guard <br />Lawrence A. Bowes - Gypsy <br />Frank J. Coleman - Soldier
