A Quiet Little Wedding

1913 film

  • October 23, 1913 (1913-10-23)
CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

A Quiet Little Wedding is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. It features the earliest known film appearance of Arbuckle's wife, Minta Durfee.[1]

Plot

Fatty's wedding is interrupted by a rival, who instigates a lemon meringue pie fight and carries off Fatty's bride-to-be. The rival throws the bride off of a cliff, but she lands unhurt in Fatty's arms.

Cast

The film's cast included:[2]

  • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle: Fatty
  • Minta Durfee: His Fiancee
  • Charles Inslee: Rival
  • Charles Avery: Minister
  • Edgar Kennedy, Billy Gilbert, Rube Miller, Hank Mann, Bill Hauber, Peggy Pearce, Virginia Kirtley, Emma Clifton: Wedding Guests

Production

In the 2010 book Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio, Brent E. Walker writes, "Contrary to previous secondary source speculation, Mack Sennett did not co-direct this film."[2]

References

  1. ^ Massa, Steve (2019). "A Quiet Little Wedding". Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of "Fatty" Arbuckle. BearManor Media.
  2. ^ a b Walker, Brent E. (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland Inc. p. 284. ISBN 9780786457076. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

See also

  • A Quiet Little Wedding at IMDb


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