Their Social Splash

1915 Comedy 10 minutes Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom

About Their Social Splash

Gladys is about to marry Harold beside a swimming pool stocked with baby alligators. Her father is there for the ceremony. Hogan and a drunken Polly get there before the minister and break the wedding up. Harold Lloyd plays the minister.

Cast & crew

More about Their Social Splash

Mack Sennett produced the one-reeler. Charles Avery and Arvid E. Gillstrom directed. It was released on April 26, 1915.

Themes

A wedding that will not stay still
Drunk guests
Poolside slapstick
wedding
swimming pool
baby alligators
minister
drunk
Keystone

Making

Avery and Gillstrom shared the direction. Sennett's cast pairs the wedding party with Lloyd's minister and Moran's drunk.

Music

Silent, with English intertitles.

Preservation

A print of the short survives.

Notes

Slim Summerville plays the groom, Harold, and Dixie Chene plays Gladys.
Charles Murray is Hogan and Polly Moran is Polly.
Frank Hayes plays Gladys's father.
Harold Lloyd, billed as the minister, was still a supporting comic at Keystone.
A print survives.

Scenes

The ceremony is set beside a pool full of baby alligators.
Hogan and Polly crash the wedding before the minister arrives.

Also available

Internet Archive (TheirSocialSplash1915)