The Tourists
About The Tourists
Tourists on a cross-country train get off at Albuquerque to look at Indian goods by the station and miss the train. Trixie, in a picture hat, goes off on her own and takes an interest in the chief. His wife and the other women chase her. The party waits it out until the next train.
Cast & crew
More about The Tourists
Mack Sennett directed for Biograph. General Film released it on 5 August 1912, a half-reel split with What the Doctor Ordered. Copyright 7 August 1912. AFI says the company improvised it on a train trip through New Mexico. Mabel Normand plays Trixie. Frank Evans plays the chief. Kate Toncray plays his wife. Moving Picture World of 17 August 1912 placed the slumming joke in Albuquerque.
Themes
Reviews
Moving Picture World, 17 August 1912, called it a very amusing travelogue and said a full house laughed at Miss Trixie of the East slumming in Albuquerque.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
Extant. UCLA holds a print. A circulating copy runs 6 minutes 10 seconds.
Notes
- Charles West plays Trixie's companion. William J. Butler and Grace Henderson are the second tourist couple. Harry Hyde and Alfred Paget are men on the platform.
- The AFI Catalog credits G. W. Bitzer as cameraman. Silent Era and a circulating copy credit Percy Higginson.
- Silent Era also floats San Antonio as a possible location. The Moving Picture World review and the AFI subject heading say Albuquerque.
- A copy runs 6 minutes 10 seconds. UCLA holds a print. It is in the public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- The tourists shop until the train leaves without them.
- Trixie wanders off toward the chief.
- The chief's wife leads the chase.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-tourists)
