A Quiet Little Wedding

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A Quiet Little Wedding
Directed by Wilfred Lucas
Starring Fatty Arbuckle
Release date
  • October 23, 1913 (1913-10-23)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
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]

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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]

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]

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References

  1. Massa, Steve (2019). "A Quiet Little Wedding". Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of "Fatty" Arbuckle. BearManor Media.
  2. 1 2 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.

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