Settled at the Seaside (1915)

Two couples are at the seaside. A young man proposes to his gal. She accepts, and promptly tells him to re-tie his tie. He objects, so she returns the ring and walks away. An older couple ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Griffin

Stars:

Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Fritz Schade

Cast

Cast overview:
Charley Chase	...	Boyfriend (as Charles Parrot)
Mae Busch	...	Girlfriend
Fritz Schade	...	Husband
Gladys Brockwell	...	Wife

Storyline

Two couples are at the seaside. A young man proposes to his gal. She accepts, and promptly tells him to re-tie his tie. He objects, so she returns the ring and walks away. An older couple has their own squabble: the middle-aged husband, who thinks himself a dandy, is happy to see his complaining wife roll away in a small, unattended carriage. He immediately approaches the younger woman. To make her ex-fiancé jealous, she takes up with the dandy and off they go to swim. What of the wife and the jilted beau? Can things be set right?

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 1915 (USA)

Also Known As:

Runaway Rolling Chair

Company Credits

Production Co:

Keystone Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

User Reviews

Fun to sea

You can tell this Mack Sennett comedy is an early one because even though it is set at the beach, there are no appearances by the Sennett Bathing Beauties -- just lots of shots of one bathing beauty, Mae Busch, diving and playing tricks in her suit. She's the sweetheart of a young Charley Chase (a light comedy romantic lead in Sennett films at this time) who won't marry him because he won't let her tie his tie. It seems largely improvised, with a sense of pleasure in the atmosphere, and at only a half reel this very short short is really more cute and fun than funny, with some nice moments especially as Mae is fooling around with the married man at the hot dog stand and in the water, and with Chase demonstrating his screen charisma despite still demonstrating a tendency to overplay much more than later.