Runaway Match (1903)

Original title

The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor

Directed by

Alf Collins

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

5 min

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple runs away together, chased by their families in a car. The film uses nine shots to show the pursuit and the escape.

fast-pacedplayfullightheartedearlynovelenergeticstraightforward

What happens

Runaway Match or The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor (UK title Elopement à la Mode) is a 1903 short silent film consisting of nine shots. It may be the "first auto-centered narrative film" and the first car chase in the movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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