Had this been intended for a pairing between Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand before Charlie had left Keystone? Harry MacCoy's get-up looks a lot like Chaplin's, with his bowler, black cutaway coat and baggy pants, and Mae Busch's outfit certainly suggests Mabel's usual urban outfits -- although hers was fairly standard at the time. Even Ford Sterling as the Chief of the Kops is missing. Fritz Schade takes the role.
This was a bit of a weak patch for Keystone and it may simply be that they were trying to extend the franchise, rather than offer another Chaplin imitator, but the similarities hang over what might have otherwise been an undistinguished but decent flirting-in-the-park offering. They invite invidious comparisons. There are a few bright moments, particularly when the Kops are snoozing around the station or starting out to pursue the kidnappers for the inevitable chase. However, the sense of "nothing new here" in the impersonations makes this a blah short comedy.
This was a bit of a weak patch for Keystone and it may simply be that they were trying to extend the franchise, rather than offer another Chaplin imitator, but the similarities hang over what might have otherwise been an undistinguished but decent flirting-in-the-park offering. They invite invidious comparisons. There are a few bright moments, particularly when the Kops are snoozing around the station or starting out to pursue the kidnappers for the inevitable chase. However, the sense of "nothing new here" in the impersonations makes this a blah short comedy.
