An Interrupted Elopement
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.
From the archive
AN INTERRUPTED ELOPEMENT Biograph Company, 477 ft., rel. Aug. 15, 1912 dir. Mack Sennett, auth. S. Walter Bunting, cam. Percy Higginson cast: Eddie Dillon, Mabel Normand, William J. Butler, Elmer Booth, Ford Sterling, Charles Gorman filmed: 6/1912 Location: NY copyright: Aug. 17, 1912
Why this is free to watch
An Interrupted Elopement (1912) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Internet Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Mack Sennett
- Starring
- Edward Dillon, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling
Player shortcuts
- Space Play / pause
- ← → Skip 10s
- ↑ ↓ Volume
- M Mute
- F Fullscreen
- 0–9 Jump to %
