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A FAIR EXCHANGE |
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Also known as "Getting Acquainted" |
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Keystone Film Company, 1914. Directed by
Charlie Chaplin. Camera:
Frank D. Williams. With
Charlie Chaplin,
Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain,
Mabel Normand,
Harry McCoy, Edgar Kennedy, Cecile Arnold, Joe Bordeaux, Helen Carruthers,
Glen Cavender, Gene Marsh. |
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Charlie is back in the park, where he is chaperoned by his formidable wife,
Mrs. Sniffles. Mabel is also in the park with husband Ambrose.
Charlie is attracted to Mabel while the jealous Ambrose is attracted to Mrs.
Sniffles. It is "A Fair Exchange," as the film was later called, until
a policeman who is unsympathetic to flirtations in the park breaks up the
newly acquainted couples. Charlie is arrested, but his wife comes to
the rescue and takes her naughty husband home.
What was said about
A Fair Exchange:
Moving Picture World
"Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin and the others are undeniably comical
in this lively farce."
The Cinema
"Yet another fine Charles Chaplin number, including the celebrated Mabel
Normand."
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The Films of Charlie Chaplin,
by Gerald McDonald, Michael
Conway and Mark Ricci
Bonanza Books, New York 1965 |
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