Tillie's Punctured Romance (Original title)For the Love of Tillie (Alternative title)Marie's Millions (Alternative title)Tillie's Nightmare (Alternative title)
Date: 1914 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Mack Sennett
Synopsis: Deserted in the city when Charlie takes her money and goes off with Mabel, Tillie becomes a waitress. Later, Charlie finding she has inherited 3 million from an uncle drags her to a minister. Based on the musical comedy "Tillie's nightmare" by Edgar Smith.
Genre: Comedy
Title: Tillie's puntured legacy: observations on the restoration...Author: LIPMAN, Ross Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...of Chaplin's first feature". Essay discussing the mixed hsitorical responses to Mack Sennett's TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE. Noted as the film that launched Charlie Chaplin's film career but also viewed as a minor film.
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v47th 2003 Page: 105
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v47th 2003: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits include restoration contact details.
In: Sight and Sound v4 n7 July 1994 Page: 59
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n7 July 1994: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note: included in THE CHAPLIN EARLY YEARS COLLECTION
In: Screen International n554 28 Jun 1986 Page: 6
Title: [Screen International - n554 28 Jun 1986: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note, in Peter Noble's column, that the baby in the film was Milton Berle.
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6091 28 Sep 1950 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6091 28 Sep 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly v404 n2263 5 Oct-9 Nov 1950
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - v404 n2263 5 Oct-9 Nov 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound Supplement n3 March 1945 Page: 10,11
Title: [Sight and Sound Supplement - n3 March 1945: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Bioscope v74 n1115 16 Feb 1928 Page: 59
Title: [The Bioscope - v74 n1115 16 Feb 1928: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1098 3 May 1928
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1098 3 May 1928: no known title]Language: English
Author: MATHIEU, Thierry Georges Pages: 304 pages
Title: fun factory: the Keystone Film Company and the emergence of mass culture
Author: KING, Rob Pages: xv, 355 p.
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Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1362 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-171918
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 4854 FeetBFI identifier: C-171940
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 4746 FeetStock date: 2003BFI identifier: C-1378285
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
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Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1362 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-171918
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW and Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 900 FeetStock date: 1924BFI identifier: C-1586735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 3750 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-171931
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentBFI identifier: N-127085
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3700 FeetBFI identifier: C-171944
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 4854 FeetBFI identifier: C-171940
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 4746 FeetStock date: 2003BFI identifier: C-1378285
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 142 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-171924
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 409 FeetBFI identifier: C-171926
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 839 FeetBFI identifier: C-171927
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 161 FeetBFI identifier: C-171929
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 4844 FeetStock date: 1971BFI identifier: C-171933
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 1162 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-171936
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 125 FeetBFI identifier: C-171937
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 5000 FeetBFI identifier: C-171942
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 1315 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-171943
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm DuplicatingSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171920
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm DuplicatingSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171921
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 4830 FeetBFI identifier: C-171934
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1550 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-171935
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 2100 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-171941
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 5000 FeetBFI identifier: C-1218756
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171919
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 100 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-171922
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 4700 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-102498
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / DupeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 300 FeetStock date: 1931BFI identifier: C-102499
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Pink Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 180 FeetBFI identifier: C-171925
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 1162 FeetStock date: 1915BFI identifier: C-171928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171930
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 142 FeetBFI identifier: C-171932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 409 FeetBFI identifier: C-171939
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1914 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Mack Sennett
Synopsis: Deserted in the city when Charlie takes her money and goes off with Mabel, Tillie becomes a waitress. Later, Charlie finding she has inherited 3 million from an uncle drags her to a minister. Based on the musical comedy "Tillie's nightmare" by Edgar Smith.
Genre: Comedy
Credits
(6)
©/Production Company: Keystone Film Company, Producer: Mack Sennett, Scenario: Mack Sennett, Based on the play 'Tillie's Nightmare': A. Baldwin Sloane, Edgar Sloane
Cast
(32)
Marie Dressler (Tillie Banks, the farmer's daughter), Charles Chaplin (Charlie, the city slicker), Mabel Normand (Mabel, Charlie's city girl friend), Ford Sterling (society guest), Mack Swain (John Banks, Tillie's father), Charles Bennett (Douglas Banks, Tillie's rich uncle), Charlie Murray, Charley Chase (detective), Chester Conklin (diner), Edgar Kennedy (restaurant proprietor/butler), Glen Cavender (policeman/pianist), Harry McCoy (pianist), Gene Marsh (maid), Fred Fishback (servant and butler), Phyllis Allen (wardress), Alice Davenport (guest), Billie Bennett (maid/guest), Dixie Chene (guest), Frank Opperman (Reverend D. Simpson), Slim Summerville, Al St. John, Hank Mann, Bill Hauber, Wallace Macdonald, Edward Sutherland, Joe Bordeaux, Grover Ligon (policeman), Gordon Griffith (newsboy), Nick Cogley (police chief [?]), Fritz Schade (waiter [?]), Alice Howell (guest [?]), Minta Durfee (maid [?])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: Early Popular Visual Culture v7 n2 July 2009 Pages: 127-143Title: Tillie's puntured legacy: observations on the restoration...Author: LIPMAN, Ross Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...of Chaplin's first feature". Essay discussing the mixed hsitorical responses to Mack Sennett's TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE. Noted as the film that launched Charlie Chaplin's film career but also viewed as a minor film.
In: London Film Festival Catalogue v47th 2003 Page: 105
Title: [London Film Festival Catalogue - v47th 2003: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits include restoration contact details.
In: Sight and Sound v4 n7 July 1994 Page: 59
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n7 July 1994: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note: included in THE CHAPLIN EARLY YEARS COLLECTION
In: Screen International n554 28 Jun 1986 Page: 6
Title: [Screen International - n554 28 Jun 1986: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note, in Peter Noble's column, that the baby in the film was Milton Berle.
In: Today's Cinema v75 n6091 28 Sep 1950 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6091 28 Sep 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly v404 n2263 5 Oct-9 Nov 1950
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - v404 n2263 5 Oct-9 Nov 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound Supplement n3 March 1945 Page: 10,11
Title: [Sight and Sound Supplement - n3 March 1945: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: The Bioscope v74 n1115 16 Feb 1928 Page: 59
Title: [The Bioscope - v74 n1115 16 Feb 1928: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1098 3 May 1928
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1098 3 May 1928: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: naissance de Charlot: Keystone - 1914 (etudes - critiques - synopsis): numéro 21: Tillie's Punctured RomanceAuthor: MATHIEU, Thierry Georges Pages: 304 pages
Title: fun factory: the Keystone Film Company and the emergence of mass culture
Author: KING, Rob Pages: xv, 355 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(31)
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Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1362 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-171918
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 4854 FeetBFI identifier: C-171940
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 4746 FeetStock date: 2003BFI identifier: C-1378285
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(31)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1362 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-171918
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW and Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 900 FeetStock date: 1924BFI identifier: C-1586735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 3750 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-171931
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentBFI identifier: N-127085
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3700 FeetBFI identifier: C-171944
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 4854 FeetBFI identifier: C-171940
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 4746 FeetStock date: 2003BFI identifier: C-1378285
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 142 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-171924
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 409 FeetBFI identifier: C-171926
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 839 FeetBFI identifier: C-171927
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 161 FeetBFI identifier: C-171929
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 4844 FeetStock date: 1971BFI identifier: C-171933
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 1162 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-171936
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 125 FeetBFI identifier: C-171937
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 5000 FeetBFI identifier: C-171942
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 1315 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-171943
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm DuplicatingSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171920
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm DuplicatingSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171921
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 4830 FeetBFI identifier: C-171934
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1550 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-171935
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 2100 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-171941
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 5000 FeetBFI identifier: C-1218756
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171919
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 100 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-171922
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 4700 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-102498
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / DupeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 300 FeetStock date: 1931BFI identifier: C-102499
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Pink Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 180 FeetBFI identifier: C-171925
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 1162 FeetStock date: 1915BFI identifier: C-171928
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-171930
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 142 FeetBFI identifier: C-171932
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 409 FeetBFI identifier: C-171939
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film