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Carmen of the Isles
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Colin Campbell
Cast: Bessie Eyton [Tina, also known as Carmen], Tom Santschi [Mac, Tina’s sweetheart], Herbert Rawlinson [Rob, the stranger], George Hernandez
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Colin Campbell. / Released 7 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Like the Carmen of story, the girl was seductively attractive, and as heartless in her coquetry. She was wooed and loved by a young fisherman, whose frequent trips to the fishing grounds gave her ample opportunity to use her wiles on whomever was inclined to succumb. Returning from one trip unexpectedly, his eyes were opened to her perfidy. He first vented his righteous rage on her lover, a man whom he had befriended; and then upon her. Their final quarrel took place on the summit of a high cliff, over which she accidentally fell and was dashed to death on the rocks below.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 16 November 1912, page ?] An interesting character sketch by Bessie Eyton, as a coquette fisherlass, rather than a good story gives this picture place with good offerings. The ending, in which we see the struggle between the girl’s lover (Thomas Santschi) and the cowardly stranger (Herbert Rawlinson), with whom the girl has. almost maliciously flirted and who, in an ugly frame of mind, has tried to shoot him, and after that the death of the frightened girl, who falls over a cliff, is certainly dramatic, but it is only the ending. The larger part of the picture serves as a statement of the situation that makes this possible; yet the statement is very interesting as showing the girl’s character. The scenes were taken close to the sea and its rocky shore.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 November 2022.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 119 : Website-IMDb.
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