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| ~The Matrimaniac~ 1916 |
| Directed by: Paul Powell Written by: Octavus Roy Cohen - story John Emerson - screenplay J.U. Giesy - story Anita Loos - screenplay |
| ~Cast~ Douglas Fairbanks ... Jimmie Conroy Constance Talmadge ... Marna Lewis Wilbur Higby ... Mr. Lewis - Marna's Father Fred Warren ... Rev. Tobias Tubbs Clyde E. Hopkins ... G. Walter Henderson (as Clyde Hopkins) Winifred Westover ... Hotel Maid Monte Blue ... Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited) Mildred Harris Carmel Myers Charles Stevens ... Lineman (uncredited) |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: Fine Arts Film Company Distribution Company: Triangle Distributing Cinematography by: Victor Fleming Assistant Cinematographer: Glen MacWilliams Supervisor: D.W. Griffith Length: 5 Reels Runtime: 44 Minutes Released: December 16, 1916 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
The charisma of Douglas Fairbanks keeps this two-reel idea interesting for five reels. Jimmy Conroy
(Fairbanks) wants to marry Marna Lewis (Constance Talmadge, whose charisma is a near-match for
Doug's). However, Mr. Lewis (Wilbur Hight) has chosen another man for his daughter to marry. So
Jimmy and Marna entrain in an attempt to elope, but the rejected suitor is close behind. At a train
stop, Jimmy finds a minister (Fred Warren) -- in a bathtub! -- and drags him to the train... which is
already gone. Jimmy and the minister head after Marna by mule, handcart and several other strange
and uncomfortable ways. They never do hook up in person, but Jimmy and Marna wed anyhow by
phone, with the minister, in jail, on one end of the line and Marna on the other, and Jimmy in the
middle, on top of a telephone pole. Although Anita Loos, Fairbanks' frequent scenarist, did not write
the screenplay (credit, for what it's worth, goes to Roy Cohen and J.U. Glesy), it is likely that she
wrote the titles.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
(Fairbanks) wants to marry Marna Lewis (Constance Talmadge, whose charisma is a near-match for
Doug's). However, Mr. Lewis (Wilbur Hight) has chosen another man for his daughter to marry. So
Jimmy and Marna entrain in an attempt to elope, but the rejected suitor is close behind. At a train
stop, Jimmy finds a minister (Fred Warren) -- in a bathtub! -- and drags him to the train... which is
already gone. Jimmy and the minister head after Marna by mule, handcart and several other strange
and uncomfortable ways. They never do hook up in person, but Jimmy and Marna wed anyhow by
phone, with the minister, in jail, on one end of the line and Marna on the other, and Jimmy in the
middle, on top of a telephone pole. Although Anita Loos, Fairbanks' frequent scenarist, did not write
the screenplay (credit, for what it's worth, goes to Roy Cohen and J.U. Glesy), it is likely that she
wrote the titles.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
