A Jitney Elopement
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A Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin
's fifth film for Essanay Films
. It starred Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance
as lovers, with Edna wanting Charlie to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had planned for her. Charlie does take her away in a jitney, a type of share taxi
popular in the United States 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 in the park's westside.
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
's fifth film for Essanay Films
Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:...
. It starred Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with Chaplin.-Early life:...
as lovers, with Edna wanting Charlie to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had planned for her. Charlie does take her away in a jitney, a type of share taxi
Share taxi
A share taxi is a mode of transport that falls between taxis and conventional buses. These informal vehicles for hire are found throughout the world. They are smaller than buses, and usually take passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, usually leaving when all seats are filled...
popular in the United States 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 in the park's westside.
Synopsis
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count Chloride de Lime. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinnerCast
- Charles Chaplin - Suitor, the Fake Count
- Edna PurvianceEdna PurvianceEdna Purviance was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with Chaplin.-Early life:...
- Edna - Ernest Van Pelt - Edna's father
- Leo WhiteLeo WhiteLeo White was a stage performer and appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies...
- Count Chloride de Lime, Edna's Suitor - Lloyd BaconLloyd BaconLloyd Francis Bacon was a screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director.-Life:Bacon was born in San Jose California, the son of actor Frank Bacon, later the co-author and star of the long running Broadway show 'Lightnin' , and Jennie Bacon. He was not related to actor Irving Bacon whom he...
- Count Chloride de Lime, Edna's Suitor - Paddy McGuire - Old Butler/Cop
- Bud JamisonBud JamisonBud Jamison was an American film actor. He appeared in 450 films between 1915 and 1944.-Career:...
- Cop with Baton - Carl StockdaleCarl StockdaleCarl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent films, to talkies....
- Cop - Fred GoodwinsFred GoodwinsFred Goodwins was an English actor, film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 24 films between 1915 and 1921.-Selected filmography:* A Night in the Show * A Jitney Elopement...
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