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A Motorcycle Elopement
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: (unknown)

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Byron C. Wainwright. / Released 1 January 1914; in a split-reel with Skelley’s Skeleton (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bob and Dick are rivals for the hand of Nellie. Bob makes a hit with the family as he possesses a tandem bicycle. Dick goes him one better, springing a surprise by purchasing a motorcycle. But, alas, the motorcycle breeds disaster for poor Dick.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 June 2024.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.