A Jitney Elopement
1915 · 25 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 1,489 VOTES · DIR. Charlie Chaplin
Overview
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.
Dialogue Timeline — 19 lines
00:00:00 Charles Chaplin in A Jitney Elopement
00:00:07 Edna's father, out to snag a titled son-in-law
00:00:13 Dear Sir
00:00:15 I shall be pleased to commit
00:00:18 matrimony with your daughter if you will name an attractive figure.
00:00:23 Yours in haste Count Chlorure de Lime.
00:00:34 Edna, who is looking forward to a "Marry" christmas with a Romeo of her own picking.
00:01:06 "You will marry the Count !"
00:01:28 Edna already has a secret love.
00:02:19 My Hero;
00:02:21 Father wants me to marry Count Chlorure de Lime.
00:02:25 Won't you be a good knight and save me?
00:03:03 "Count Chloride has arrived, Sir."
00:08:01 "Oh, beans !"
00:08:05 "I'll have a couple of beans."
00:11:39 "I am Count Chloride de Lime."
00:13:02 "Get Out !"
00:13:28 Count Chloride takes Edna and her father for a drive in the park.
00:26:12 THE END subtitles by <>
Cast & Characters
Charles Chaplin
Suitor - the Fake Count
Edna Purviance
Edna
Lloyd Bacon
Young Butler
Lloyd Bacon
Cop
Fred Goodwins
Undetermined Role
Bud Jamison
Cop with Baton
Paddy McGuire
Old Butler
Paddy McGuire
Cop
Carl Stockdale
Cop
Ernest Van Pelt
Edna's Father
Leo White
Count Chloride de Lime - Edna's Suitor
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed19
Dialogue density0.8 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:26:12
Production Record
DirectorCharlie Chaplin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,489