A Gasoline Wedding (1918) Directed By Alfred J. Goulding

A Gasoline Wedding Directed by Alfred J. Goulding Written by H. M. Walker Produced by Hal Roach Starring Harold Lloyd Cinematography Walter Lundin Release date March 3, 1918 Running time 9 minutes Country United States Languages Silent English intertitles A Gasoline Wedding is a 1918 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd . [ 1 ] Plot Harold plays a poor boy intent on wooing well-to-do Bebe. Her father would prefer she marry a much older but wealthy suitor whom Bebe considers to be a "neanderthal". When Bebe hears her father concocting a kidnapping plot with the rich suitor, she dresses her butler in her clothes and flees with Harold. Both couples arrive at the minister's house. The rich suitor does not realize he has actually "married" the butler until Harold and Bebe are wed. Cast Harold Lloyd as The Boy Snub Pollard Bebe Daniels William Blaisdell Sammy Brooks Lige Conley (credited as Lige Cromley) William Gillespie Maynard Laswell (credited as M.A. Laswell) James Parrott Reception Like many American films of the time, A Gasoline Wedding was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards . For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of two closeups of a coin. [ 2 ] Survival status Prints of the film are held in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the BFI National Archive . [ 1 ] References 1 "Progressive Silent Film List: A Gasoline Wedding " . silentera.com . Retrieved November 30, 2009 . 2 "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors" . Exhibitors Herald . 6 (13). New York: Exhibitors Herald Company: 29. March 23, 1918.