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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 912

A Jitney Elopement

191533 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 24:40
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Charlie Chaplin · Public domain

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Synopsis

A young woman's father has arranged for her to marry a wealthy count, but she asks Charlie to rescue her from the plan. Impersonating the suitor gets him into the house before the genuine visitor arrives. What begins as a strained formal dinner turns into a park confrontation and a motor chase as the lovers try to leave together.

Cast

Charles Chaplin

Lloyd Bacon

Ernest Van Pelt

Edna Purviance

Leo White

DirectorsCharles Chaplin

Behind the scenes

San Francisco locations, including Golden Gate Park, provide the setting for much of the action. The shared-taxi idea behind the title belongs to the rapidly changing transport culture surrounding the lovers' escape.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Photograph credit

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Charles Chaplin — Strauss-Peyton Studio, 1921; published in Photoplay no. 3 (1922); National Portrait Gallery / Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain in the United States (PD-US-expired)
Lloyd Bacon — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Edna Purviance — Unknown photographer, 1923; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, University of Washington Libraries, SAYRE 8372 / Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain in the United States (PD-US-expired)
Leo White — Witzel; Photoplay Magazine March, 1917; pg. 24 https://archive.org/stream/photoplayvolume11112chic#page/378/mode/2up · Public domain

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