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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304490372
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6304490372
Label: Kino International
Manufacturer: Kino International
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino International
Release Date: June 17, 1997
Running Time: 59 minutes
Sales Rank: 73267
Studio: Kino International
Theatrical Release Date: October 31, 1915
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Very Exciting!
I bought this film because I am collecting films with Wallace Reid in them as he was a relative of mine. I had never seen any interpretation of Bizets Carmen or any performance by Geraldine Farrar and I found this film to be very entertaining indeed! And the jacket of the CD contained a long biography on Ms Farrar that was just fascinating. And, of course, I was excited to see another film with Wallace Reid in it too! He was very dashing and handsome in his military uniform. Also, there was an actual ... Read More
Rating: - Geraldine Farrar in DeMille's "Carmen"
By 1915, Metropolitan Opera soprano, Geraldine Farrar, had an international reputation. DeMille, looking for the perfect vehicle to introduce her to the screen, had to look no further than one of her most successful stage roles--Carmen. In fact, by 1915 Farrar had already undertaken the role at the Met opposite none other than Enrico Caruso (who also sang opposite Farrar in the first American "Madama Butterfly" at the Met in 1908).
DeMille saw "Carmen" as the ideal role for Farrar's first ... Read More
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