Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: Carmen and Geraldine Farrar

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Geraldine Farrar and Wallace Reid in Carmen
Geraldine Farrar in a fight in Carmen

There’s something funny about making a silent movie based on an opera…

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Geraldine Farrar's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the right, a black and white portrait photo of Geraldine Farrar.

…and it’s funnier when you cast an opera singer as the lead. That’s a little unfair: Geraldine Farrar (1620 Vine Street) was popular enough to have her own version of Swifties.

Today’s poster is based on a different staged music production that was made into a movie.

A fake poster for Carmen mimicking the poster for Cabaret.
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