Getting Acquainted
About Getting Acquainted
Charlie and his wife are in the park when they meet Ambrose and Ambrose's wife. Each husband chases the other man's wife. A policeman steps in, and the pursuit runs through the park until the couples are sorted back into pairs.
Cast & crew
More about Getting Acquainted
Charles Chaplin wrote and directed. Mack Sennett produced. Frank D. Williams photographed it. Keystone released it on 5 December 1914. Chaplin plays opposite Mabel Normand. Mack Swain is Ambrose. Phyllis Allen is in the park party. The short was later retitled A Fair Exchange. It is Chaplin's next-to-last Keystone film, and the last time he and Normand appear together.
Themes
Background
Keystone in late 1914 was still pairing Chaplin with Normand in park farces. He left the studio early the next year.
Look
Frank D. Williams shot the park chases.
Preservation
The short survives, including under the later title A Fair Exchange.
Notes
- The reissue title is A Fair Exchange.
- Edgar Kennedy, usually a Keystone cop, is among the park figures.
- It is one film from the end of Chaplin's Keystone contract.
- After this, Normand and Chaplin did not share a cast list again.
- Frank D. Williams is the cameraman.
Scenes
- Each man peels off after the other man's wife in the park.
- The policeman joins the chase and the four of them are paired off again.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1914_12_05_AFairExchange)
