A Jitney Elopement
A Jitney Elopement | |
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Theatrical poster to A Jitney Elopement | |
Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
Produced by | Jess Robbins |
Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
Starring |
Charles Chaplin Lloyd Bacon Ernest Van Pelt Edna Purviance Leo White |
Music by | Robert Israel (Kino video release) |
Cinematography | Harry Ensign |
Edited by | Charlie Chaplin |
Distributed by |
Essanay Studios General Film Company |
Release dates | April 1, 1915 |
Running time | 33 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language |
Silent film English (original intertitles) |
A Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Purviance wanting Chaplin to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had planned for her. Chaplin does take her away in a jitney, a type of share taxi popular in the US between 1914 and 1916. Most of the film was made in San Francisco and includes scenes of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and the large windmills still on the park's west side.
Synopsis
Purviance's father wants her to marry wealthy Count Chloride de Lime. Chaplin, Purviance's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner.
Cast
- Charles Chaplin as Suitor, the Fake Count
- Edna Purviance as Edna
- Ernest Van Pelt as Edna's father
- Leo White as Count Chloride de Lime, Edna's Suitor
- Lloyd Bacon as Young Butler / Cop (uncredited)
- Paddy McGuire as Old Butler/Cop
- Bud Jamison as Cop with Baton
- Carl Stockdale as Cop
- Fred Goodwins (Undetermined role)
External links
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- A Jitney Elopement at the Internet Movie Database
- A Jitney Elopement is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- A Jitney Elopement on YouTube
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