Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)

Director:

Mack Sennett

Writers:

(more)

Release Date:

21 December 1914 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

in SOUND and MUSIC

Plot:

Charlie talks wealthy farmer's daughter Tillie into eloping with him (and taking her father's money)...

Plot Keywords:

Inheritance | Public Domain | Revenge | Millionaire | Marriage

Cast

Marie Dressler	...	Tillie
Charles Chaplin	...	The City Guy
Mabel Normand	...	The Other Girl
Mack Swain	...	Tillie's Father
Charles Bennett	...	Tillie's Millionaire Uncle
Chester Conklin	...	Mr. Whoozis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Albert	...	Party Guest / Cop (uncredited)
Phyllis Allen	...	Prison Matron / Restaurant Patron / Guest (uncredited)
Billie Bennett	...	Maid / Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Glen Cavender	...	First Pianist in Restaurant / Cop / Guest in First Restaurant / Uncle's Rescuer / Society Guest (uncredited)
Charley Chase	...	Detective in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Dixie Chene	...	Guest (uncredited)
Nick Cogley	...	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Alice Davenport	...	Guest (uncredited)
Hampton Del Ruth	...	Tall Secretary Searching for Tillie (uncredited)
Minta Durfee	...	Crook's Girlfriend in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited)
Ted Edwards	...	Waiter in First Restaurant / Station Cop (uncredited)
Edwin Frazee	...	Cinema Spectator / Guest / Cop (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert	...	Cop (uncredited)
Gordon Griffith	...	Newsboy (uncredited)
William Hauber	...	Servant / Cop (uncredited)
Fred Hibbard	...	Servant (uncredited)
Alice Howell	...	Guest (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy	...	Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
Grover Ligon	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Hank Mann	...	Policeman / Waiter in Movie (uncredited)
Gene Marsh	...	Maid / Waitress (uncredited)
Harry McCoy	...	Singer in First Restaurant / Pianist in First Restaurant / Guest in First Restaurant / Prisoner / Movie Theatre Pianist / Wigged Servant / Guest in Second Restaurant / Society Guest / Guest Imitating Ford Sterling (uncredited)
Rube Miller	...	Tillie's Visitor (uncredited)
Charles Murray	...	Detective in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited)
Eva Nelson	...	Disgusted Guest in Second Restaurant (uncredited)
Frank Opperman	...	Rev. D. Simpson / Guest in First Restaurant / Station Cop / Movie Spectator (uncredited)
Hugh Saxon	...	Gray-haired Secretary Searching for Tillie (uncredited)
Fritz Schade	...	Waiter in First Restaurant / Station Cop / Prisoner / Guest in Second Restaurant / Kitchen Hand in Second Restaurant (uncredited)
Al St. John	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Slim Summerville	...	Policeman / Guest in Restaurant (uncredited)
A. Edward Sutherland	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Josef Swickard	...	Cinema Spectator (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace	...	Thief in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited)

Directed by
Mack Sennett

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hampton Del Ruth		writer (uncredited)
Mack Sennett		writer (uncredited)
A. Baldwin Sloane		play "Tillie's Nightmare" (uncredited)
Edgar Smith		play "Tillie's Nightmare" (uncredited)

Produced by
Mack Sennett	....	producer

Original Music by
Edward Kilenyi		(1938)
William P. Perry		(original piano score: 1972) (as William Perry)

Cinematography by
Hans F. Koenekamp		(uncredited)
Frank D. Williams		(uncredited)

Other crew
Karl Malkames	....	restoration: 1972

Production Companies

• Keystone Film Company

Distributors

• Mutual Film (1914) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alco Film Corporation (1914) (USA) (theatrical)
• W.H. Productions Company (1919) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Gardiner Syndicate (1920) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Eagle-Lion Films (1950) (USA) (theatrical) (edited reissue) (added music track)
• Mahier (1968) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Image Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Delta Expedition (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Koch Vision (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Century Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS) (as "Carlitos - O Inesquecível")
• Continental Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS) (as "O Casamento de Carlitos")
• Grapevine Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Killiam Shows (1972) (worldwide) (all media)
• Kino Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Punto Zero (2007) (Italy) (DVD)

Also Known As:

For the Love of Tillie
Marie's Millions
Tillie's Big Romance
Tillie's Nightmare

Runtime:

74 min (21.5 fps) | 82 min (2003 restoration)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Australia:G | Spain:T | Argentina:Atp | Finland:(Banned) (1920)

Company:

Keystone Film Company

Trivia:

The first feature-length comedy ever made, and also Charles Chaplin's first feature film.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Upside of Anger (2005)

Voila! Great Marie

Great silent Mack Sennett slapstick with Charlie Chaplin and Marie Dressler. Sennett is Sennett; it is great Chaplin, though he was dissatisfied (probably because he wasn't directing it, too); but the thing that really makes this movie great is Marie Dressler. The way she carries her considerable girth is a major element in the comedy and her big face and huge eyes are strictly for howling. Marie was born in 1868 and died in 1932, half in each century, a life in theatre and film. Such a shame she didn't have more time to live in the talkie era: I think she would have become one of the huge names of film. There's only one Marie Dressler. She shines in 'Dinner At Eight' and 'Min And Bill' both of which, among others, included Wallace Beery, a great foil for her talents.