Rebecca's Wedding Day

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Rebecca's Wedding Day
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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle in publicity still
Directed by George Nichols
Starring Fatty Arbuckle
Production
company
Distributed by Mutual Film
Release date
  • January 24, 1914 (1914-01-24)
Running time
1 reel
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 American silent short comedy film directed by George Nichols and starring Fatty Arbuckle. [1] The film was produced by Keystone Studios and distributed by Mutual Film.

Contents

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Rebecca's Wedding Day 1914.jpg
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Plot

A fat Jewish woman named Rebecca is having trouble getting to her own wedding. A cab is called to take her to the wedding, but she falls through the floor due to her weight. Rebecca has to run behind the cab that her sister and the groom are taking to the wedding, where she is rejected by her fiancee in favor of her more attractive sister. [2]

Cast

Reception

The film was protested by the Anti-Defamation League, and Major M.L.C. Funkhouser, head of the Chicago Board of Censors, rejected it in its entirety as being offensive to Jewish people. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Rebecca's Wedding Day". Silent Era. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  2. 1 2 The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: The Tribune Company. January 24, 1914. p. 3.


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