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File: Matrimony's Speed Limit 1913.ogv

Author: Alice Guy-Blaché

Publisher: Solax Film Company

Year: 1913

PD: PD-US|1968|film=yes

Note: A 1913 silent short film produced and directed by pioneering female film maker Alice Guy-Blaché. It was selected to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2003.

Cat: Comedy film, Silent film

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{{Center|Matrimony's Speed Limit<br />(1913, Solax)
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{{Fine|Producer/director:<br />Alice Guy-Blaché}}}}
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{{Center|BAD NEWS OVER THE TAPE RUINS FRAUNIE.}}
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{{Center|{{Xx-smaller|JULY}}<br />'''18'''<br />{{Xx-smaller|Thursday}}}}
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{{Center|FRAUNIE TELLS MARIAN OF HIS MISFORTUNE AND TRIES TO BREAK OFF THEIR ENGAGEMENT.}}
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02:13

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{{Center|MARIAN OFFERS HIM HER BANK AND CHECK BOOKS, BUT HE REFUSES THEM.}}
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03:35

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{{Center|"GREAT! I'LL DO IT!"}}
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{{Center|SHE SENDS HIM A TELEGRAM.}}
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{{Block center|{{Center|POSTAL TELEGRAPH — COMMERCIAL CABLES<br />
{{X-larger|{{Underline|TELEGRAM}}}}}}
{{Monospace block|{{Fine block|MR. FRAUNIE, {{Float right|JULY 18th, {{Spaces|3}}{{Smaller|''191''}} 3}}<br />
{{Spaces|3}}FORT LEE, N. J.<br />
{{Spaces|7}}YOUR AUNT DIED OUT WEST LEAVING YOU A FORTUNE<br />
PROVIDING YOU ARE MARRIED BY TWELVE OCLOCK NOON, JULY 18th.<br />
{{Spaces|24}}CLAY & LAMBERT,<br />
{{Spaces|26}}Attorneys-at-Law.}}}}}}
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05:42

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{{Center|MARIAN PREPARES FOR THE WEDDING.}}
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{{Center|"GEE! I HAVE ONLY TWELVE MINUTES TO MARRY OR LOSE A FORTUNE."}}
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07:21

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{{Center|"WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
{{Pgraph|"QUICK! I HAVE ONLY TWELVE MINUTES."}}}}
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08:04

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{{Center|"THIS IS SO SUDDEN!"}}
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08:58

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{{Center|ONLY SEVEN MINUTES AND MARIAN IS NOT HOME.}}
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09:25

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{{Center|ALMOST TWELVE AND FRAUNIE GONE.}}
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09:29

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{{Center|{{Smaller block|W. BROWN{{Pgraph|STOCKs, BONDs}}}}}}
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09:45

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{{Center|HOPES REVIVED.}}
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10:46

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{{Center|"GOOD-NIGHT!"}}
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11:27

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{{Center|"GOOD-BYE FORTUNE! GOOD-BYE CRUEL WORLD!"}}
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12:32

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{{Center|TWELVE O'CLOCK AND ALL IS WELL.}}
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{{Center|The End}}
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