As other reviewers have already pointed out, there isn't much to this two-minute short from Edison. Nervy Nat, a comic in a run-down suit of morning clothes, is on a train. He goes and kisses the bride, as per the title. A ruckus ensues.
Yet this is the work of Edwin S. Porter, who was always looking for new and interesting ways of shooting movies -- as were many of his fellow movie makers; everyone was looking for an edge, whether it was an advance in technical expertise or some new sort of story to tell, and 1904 was the year that rough slapstick began to really hit the screen. It had been around for some time; there were at least three versions of THE MILLER AND THE SWEEP in which members of those trades pelted each other with sacks of their own goods. The comic chase, another staple of screen slapstick (and drama) became popular in 1904, so why not tramp comedians, another staple of the stage roughhouse?
Yet this is the work of Edwin S. Porter, who was always looking for new and interesting ways of shooting movies -- as were many of his fellow movie makers; everyone was looking for an edge, whether it was an advance in technical expertise or some new sort of story to tell, and 1904 was the year that rough slapstick began to really hit the screen. It had been around for some time; there were at least three versions of THE MILLER AND THE SWEEP in which members of those trades pelted each other with sacks of their own goods. The comic chase, another staple of screen slapstick (and drama) became popular in 1904, so why not tramp comedians, another staple of the stage roughhouse?