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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 746

Tillie's Punctured Romance

191474 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 79:18
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Mack Sennett · Public domain

Synopsis

A city swindler persuades Tillie to leave her father's farm with money he intends to steal. Once in town, he abandons her for his former girlfriend. News of a possible inheritance then renews his interest, and Tillie's effort to understand his intentions produces a succession of romantic reversals, elaborate parties and chaotic pursuits.

Cast

Marie Dressler

Mabel Normand

Charles Chaplin

Mack Swain

Charles Bennett

Chester Conklin

DirectorsMack Sennett

Behind the scenes

Marie Dressler brought a version of her stage role to this early feature-length slapstick production. Chaplin and Mabel Normand support her, with Chaplin playing a calculating opportunist rather than his more sympathetic Tramp.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Photograph credit

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Marie Dressler — MGM · Public domain
Mabel Normand — Herman Mishkin · Public domain
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)
Mack Swain — Witzel; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Charles Bennett — Unknown photographer; The Moving Picture World July 3, 1815. p. 54 https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor25newy/page/54/mode/2up · Public domain
Chester Conklin — Hartsook Photo; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain

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