Balked at the Altar (1908)
- Directed by
- D. W. Griffith
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rating
- 3.3 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man tries to get married but things go wrong at the altar. The short film shows the comic mishaps that prevent the wedding from happening.
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What happens
Balked at the Altar is a 1908 American silent short comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress. The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it along with many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at the beginning of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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