THE TOURISTS Biograph Company, 1/2 reel, rel. Aug. 5, 1912 dir. Mack Sennett, cam. Percy Higginson cast: Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Charles H. West, William J. Butler, Grace Henderson, Frank Evans, Kate Toncray, Harry Hyde, Alfred Paget filmed: late May - early June 1912 Location: Albuquerque, NM copyright: Aug. 7, 1912
"Shot in New Mexico only 5 months after it became a state, this is a nice example of the "Let's go somewhere and make a movie" school of filmmaking pos..."
"Surprisingly weak comedy, despite Mabel. On the other hand, the spoof of annoying American tourists still has some relevance today."