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A Muddy Romance

A Muddy Romance

1913Short⏱️ 11m
ComedyShort
4.9
IMDB Rating
180 votes

Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his rival comes up with a strange scheme to stop them. Soon the Keystone Kops arrive on ...

Director
Mack Sennett
Writers
N/A
Stars
Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Charles Inslee
Release Date
November 20, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 5
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
as Mabel
Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling
as The Villain
Charles Inslee
Charles Inslee
as Mabel's Suitor
Minta Durfee
Minta Durfee
as Mabel's Mother
Mack Swain
Mack Swain
as Desk Sergeant
Charles Avery
Charles Avery
as Justice of the Peace
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William Hauber
as Cop at Call Box
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Harry Russell
as Other Groom
Mai Wells
Mai Wells
as Other Bride
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Bert Hunn
as Water Policeman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Keystone Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

dirty trickspie in the facemudflirtingtalking out a window

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Good comedy of its kind
by deickemeyer2018-01-13

"No political mudslinging occurs in this typical comedy offering. It is real mud that decorates the members of the Keystone Company when the jealous Ford dries up the lake and leaves the fair Mabel stranded with her friends. The police force appears and everyone is bespattered. Good comedy of its kind. - The Moving Picture World, November 29, 1913..."

💡 Did You Know?

One morning, Mack Sennett read in the local newspaper that Echo Lake, located in Echo Park near his studio, was going to be drained, beginning at 1 o'clock that afternoon. Realizing that this was a great opportunity, Sennett quickly called together his ensemble of actors, writers, and cameramen, and they drove out to the park in three cars. Sennett drove the car that contained his writers, and, he later recalled, "We made up gags for the short as we went along." The crew got to the park with plenty of time to set up their cameras to film the draining of the lake. The following day, they returned to the studio to film framing scenes for the Mabel Normand romance story featured in the short.

📖 Synopsis

Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his rival comes up with a strange scheme to stop them. Soon the Keystone Kops arrive on ...