A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Ford Sterling and Mabel Norman. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Mabel Normand [the girl], Ford Sterling [the one she prefers], Charles Inslee [the con man], Bert Hunn [his first henchman], Hank Mann [his second henchman; and a party guest], George Jeske [the moneylender], Mack Swain [a villager and party guest; and a cop], Virginia Kirtley [a villager], Rube Miller [a villager], [?] Eva Nelson? [a villager], Harry Russell [a villager], Edgar Kennedy [a cop], Charles Avery [an oil field hand], Dot Farley [a party guest], William Hauber [a party guest; and a cop], Peggy Pearce [a party guest], Mai Wells [a party guest]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / No copyright registration. Released 15 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The New Chauffer. [?] Completed or shipped? on 8 November 1913.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen (Keystone Kops) - Oil wells - Weapons: Guns: Pistols

Listing updated: 9 September 2012.

References: Film viewing : Fussell-Normand p. 255; Lahue-Kops p. 143; Lahue-Mack p. 293 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.