Eddie Dillon wants to marry Mabel Normand, but her papa, William J. Butler, refuses. On the advice of his friends, Eddie suggests elopement, and Mabel agrees. However, Papa finds the note and speeds to the minister before them in this split-reel comedy directed by Mack Sennett shortly before he left to start Keystone.
It's not much of an advance on HELEN'S MARRIAGE, released three months earlier, but it does have the charm of burlesquing the "animated text" style of film-making, which was all but gone from Keystone and falling out of favor elsewhere. In that style, the titles told the audience what they were about to see, and then the actors performed. Given the pompous manner in which the performers behave and the way their spur-of-the-moment plans fall apart, it's pretty amusing.
It's not much of an advance on HELEN'S MARRIAGE, released three months earlier, but it does have the charm of burlesquing the "animated text" style of film-making, which was all but gone from Keystone and falling out of favor elsewhere. In that style, the titles told the audience what they were about to see, and then the actors performed. Given the pompous manner in which the performers behave and the way their spur-of-the-moment plans fall apart, it's pretty amusing.
