A Gasoline Wedding
A Gasoline Wedding is a 1918 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.[1]
| A Gasoline Wedding | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfred J. Goulding |
| Written by | H. M. Walker |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
Release date |
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Running time | 9 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot summary
Cast
- Harold Lloyd as The Boy
- Snub Pollard
- Bebe Daniels
- William Blaisdell
- Sammy Brooks
- Lige Conley (credited as Lige Cromley)
- William Gillespie
- Maynard Laswell (credited as M.A. Laswell)
- James Parrott
Plot
Harold plays a poor boy intent on wooing well-to-do Bebe. Her father would prefer she marry a much older but wealthy suitor whom Bebe considers to be a "neanderthal". When Bebe hears her father concocting a kidnapping plot with the rich suitor, she dresses her butler in her clothes and flees with Harold. Both couples arrive at the minister's house. The rich suitor does not realize he has actually "married" the butler until Harold and Bebe are wed.
Reception
Like many American films of the time, A Gasoline Wedding was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of two closeups of a coin.[2]
Survival status
Prints of the film are held in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the BFI National Archive.[1]
See also
References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: A Gasoline Wedding". silentera.com. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
- "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (13): 29. March 23, 1918.