Rebecca's Wedding Day
| Rebecca's Wedding Day | |
|---|---|
_1.png) Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle in publicity still | |
| Directed by | George Nichols |
| Starring | Fatty Arbuckle |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 1 reel |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 American silent short comedy film directed by George Nichols and starring Fatty Arbuckle.[1] The film was produced by Keystone Studios and distributed by Mutual Film.
Plot
A fat Jewish woman named Rebecca is having trouble getting to her own wedding. A cab is called to take her to the wedding, but she falls through the floor due to her weight. Rebecca has to run behind the cab that her sister and the groom are taking to the wedding, where she is rejected by her fiancee in favor of her more attractive sister.[2]
Cast
- Phyllis Allen
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Rebecca
- Minta Durfee
- Virginia Kirtley as Rachael - Wedding Guest (as Jackie Kirtley)
- Billy Gilbert (as Little Billy Gilbert)
Reception
The film was protested by the Anti-Defamation League, and Major M.L.C. Funkhouser, head of the Chicago Board of Censors, rejected it in its entirety as being offensive to Jewish people.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Rebecca's Wedding Day". Silent Era. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
- ^ a b The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: The Tribune Company. January 24, 1914. p. 3.
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