Chaplin Burlesque on Carmen question

Going through some info sent to me as I gather info on Chaplin's Essanay
period, and I discovered that the Juvenile Film Corporation did a movie in
1916 called Chip's Carmen which satirized Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen.
This was a two reeler directed by James A. FitzPatrick (yeah, the travelogue
guy), and starred Joseph and Janethel Monahan -- two children playing the
male and female leads. The movie has the kids attending a screening of
Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen, when Joseph falls asleep and dreams him and
his sister in their own parody. The review states: "Josheph Monahan's Bon
Doze is an excellent imitation of the Darn Hosiery of Chaplin.

After searching the internet I found no information on this film, only two
films on imdb as having been produced by the Juvenile Film Corporation,
nothing in FitzPatrick's filmography, no listing for Janethel, but a listing
for Joseph Monahan offering only one credit (and no death date, although he
is listed as having been born in 1907).

Does anyone know anything about this film?

thanks in advance,
JN

It was copyrighted on May 26, 1916 (just 34 days after Chaplin's release
date) as LU8357, so there should be something in the copyright deposit
microfilm rolls at the Library of Congress. It may hold the distinction of
being the first burlesque of a burlesque. The big blue copyright book
doesn't give any additional credits, but notes that there were 35 prints
struck.

Rob Farr
www.slapsticon.org


"James Neibaur" <jneibaur.RemoveThis@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Going through some info sent to me as I gather info on Chaplin's Essanay
> period, and I discovered that the Juvenile Film Corporation did a movie in
> 1916 called Chip's Carmen which satirized Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen.
> This was a two reeler directed by James A. FitzPatrick (yeah, the
travelogue
> guy), and starred Joseph and Janethel Monahan -- two children playing the
> male and female leads. The movie has the kids attending a screening of
> Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen, when Joseph falls asleep and dreams him and
> his sister in their own parody. The review states: "Josheph Monahan's
Bon
> Doze is an excellent imitation of the Darn Hosiery of Chaplin.
>
> After searching the internet I found no information on this film, only two
> films on imdb as having been produced by the Juvenile Film Corporation,
> nothing in FitzPatrick's filmography, no listing for Janethel, but a
listing
> for Joseph Monahan offering only one credit (and no death date, although
he
> is listed as having been born in 1907).
>
> Does anyone know anything about this film?
>
> thanks in advance,
> JN
>