An Assisted Elopement (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young couple meets on a train and quickly falls for each other. Their parents are friends who already want them to marry, which makes the couple rebel. The fathers then pretend to become bitter enemies, tricking the young lovers into eloping.

light-heartedplayfulwhimsicalbittersweetcharmingnostalgicgentle

What happens

An Assisted Elopement is a 1910 American silent short comedy produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on Gladys and Charlie who meet each other on the train home and they become romantically interested in each other. It turns out their parents are friends and wish for them to get married, souring the relationship between them. In a ploy to get their children to elope, the fathers become bitter enemies in public and the couple elopes much to their enjoyment and intention. A surviving film still shows several of members of the cast, including Frank H. Crane, Violet Heming, and Alphonse Ethier. The film was released on August 30, 1910, and saw a wide national release. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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