An Interrupted Elopement (1912)
1912 · Silent film · 8 min · dir. Mack Sennett
- Short
- Comedy
Synopsis
This is quite like "Helen's Marriage" which came out a few months earlier in 1912. Once again, Edward Dillon is trying to elope with Mabel Normand, but papa interferes. The big joke is when Ford Sterling and Elmer Booth kidnap the minister in order to marry Dillon and Normand. They mistakingly get Papa instead. It is the one strong gag in the film.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Mack Sennett
- Studio
- Biograph-Film
- Released
- 1912-08-14
- Running time
- 8 minutes
Cast & crew
Mack Sennett Director
Edward Dillon
Mabel Normand
Ford Sterling
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Charming sitcom-like short, but not funny · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2012-12-25
1912 comedies have a nice charm to them, but they rarely make me laugh. This one has an interesting plot which comes across as a farce-type plot. Elements of it made me think of 1950s TV sitcoms. The whole thing is more amusing than funny, but still worth seeing.
