Trial Marriages

1907 ComedyRomance 12 minutes

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About Trial Marriages

A man tries a series of trial marriages with different women. Each one falls apart, and he gives up on marriage. No director or player is named on the record. The listed length is 12 minutes.

More about Trial Marriages

A 1907 American short. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-trial-marriages.

Themes

  • A run of trial marriages
  • A man who quits
  • trial marriage
  • 1907
  • comedy

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The title is the gag. Each match is temporary.
  • No company is on the record used here.
  • The ending is that he quits, not that one match lasts.
  • The 12-minute figure is the listed length.

Scenes

  • Another match collapses and he walks away from the idea.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-trial-marriages)