Carmen/The Cheat

Includes two films by Cecil B. DeMille, as well as a short by Charlie Chaplin.CARMEN: Legendary opera singer Geraldine Farrar assays the title role of the gypsy seductress in this silent version of "Carmen," based on the Merimee novel rather than on Bizet's opera. THE CHEAT: A wily conman pursues a vulnerable young woman in this early DeMille classic. In 1916 the Japanese Association of Southern California objected to the racist depiction of a Japanese villain so the character's nationality was changed for the film's 1918 reissue.BURLESQUE ON CARMEN: Chaplin brilliantly parodies DeMille's CARMEN.