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Mud and Matrimony
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Gladys Taylor [the bride], Clarence Barr [the groom], Elsie Bambrick [the maid], Pat Whelan [the best man], Florence Lee [the minister’s wife]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 11 March 1915; in a split-reel with His Own Hero (1915). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The wedding is to be a quiet affair — just the bride and groom with one attendant for each, and no guests. They start out in an automobile and find the roads in very bad condition owing to recent heavy rains. The skidding car knocks down a cyclist, who in his turn has run over two pedestrians. The crowd gives chase. At first the car outdistances them, but eventually it is stuck in a deep pool of water which has collected at the bottom of a hill, and resists all efforts to extricate it. Men and girls are wringing wet when they reach the parsonage after getting rid of the crowd, which has caught up with them again.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 27 March 1915, page ?] This comedy is on the same reel as “His Own Hero.” A sea-going automobile and a mud puddle of great depth and expanse are the most important features of the film, next to a pair of prospective brides and their prospective husbands. On the way to the altar, the auto becomes stalled in the puddle. The men attempt to wade ashore with the brides, stumble, and, a more bedraggled wedding party never ventured upon the matrimonial sea. Fun of the boisterous sort without stint.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 June 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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