A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2013 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cecile Arnold (bending), Phyllis Allen (sleeping) and     Charles Chaplin.     Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Charles Chaplin [Charlie], Phyllis Allen [his wife], Mabel Normand [Mabel], Mack Swain [her husband], Edgar Kennedy [the policeman], Cecile Arnold [the pretty blonde in the park], [?] ? [the knife-wielding Turk], [?] ? [the automobile driver], Harry McCoy [the would-be spooner], [?] ? [the object of his attentions].

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. / Released 5 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: The Flirts. [?] Completed or shipped? on 22 November 1914. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA as A Fair Exchange by W.H. Productions Company in 1918.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive (rerelease version)].

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Keywords: Canes - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Parks - Transportation: Automobiles

Listing updated: 24 March 2012.

References: Film viewing : Fussell-Normand p. 260; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Kerr-Silent p. 78; Lahue-Kops p. 150; Lahue-Mack p. 297.

Home video: DVD.