A Quiet Little Wedding
| A Quiet Little Wedding | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Wilfred Lucas |
| Starring | Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
A Quiet Little Wedding is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. It features the earliest known film appearance of Arbuckle's wife, Minta Durfee.[1]
Plot
Fatty's wedding is interrupted by a rival, who instigates a lemon meringue pie fight and carries off Fatty's bride-to-be. The rival throws the bride off of a cliff, but she lands unhurt in Fatty's arms.
Cast
The film's cast included:[2]
- Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: Fatty
- Minta Durfee: His Fiancée
- Charles Inslee: Rival
- Charles Avery: Minister
- Edgar Kennedy, Billy Gilbert, Rube Miller, Hank Mann, Bill Hauber, Peggy Pearce, Virginia Kirtley, Emma Clifton: Wedding Guests
Production
In the 2010 book Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio, Brent E. Walker writes, "Contrary to previous secondary source speculation, Mack Sennett did not co-direct this film."[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Massa, Steve (2019). "A Quiet Little Wedding". Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of "Fatty" Arbuckle. BearManor Media.
- 1 2 Walker, Brent E. (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland Inc. p. 284. ISBN 9780786457076. Retrieved February 20, 2024.