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Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Oklahoma, December 13, 1914.

Tillie‘s Punctured Romance Scenes

& Majestic Theatre (the fourth building

from left, a two-story-house with a white facade), Ardmore,

from „Main Street, Ardmore, Okla.,“

undated, postcard in color, epodunk, detail

& Thursday and Friday the patrons

are treated to something out of the ordinary – A Keystone Comedy

in six reels, entitled „Lillie‘s Punctured Romance.“

      To attempt to criticize or describe a good film comedy

is like trying to make a person laugh by telling

him about a funny cartoon. In fact, it partakes of tarring

refined gold.

      When the hilarity is due to the antics of the players

and the nature of the situations, cold type cannot

make the reader appreciate the picture. This is particularly

true of his masterpiece of the slapstick art.

      Keystone pictures have long been famous for their comedy,

which seems always to have a new and delightful

twist. But for any producer to tackle a six-reel humorous

number was daring, to say the least. However,

the temerity of the makers has been amply justified. To use

a common expression, this picture rings the bell.

      It is six thousand feet of undiluted joy. There is a „laugh

in every flicker,“ not to mention a scream in about

every third one. If laughing really does put on fat, the population

of the United States will take on several tons in weight

when this picture goes the rounds. At the private showing,

case-hardened reviewers, trained to sigh at ordinary

humor, laughed until the tears streamed down their careworn

faces.

      Marie Dressler, who appears in the leading role, says

that never again will she appear in films. She

is hardly to be blamed for their decision, as it must have

taken her months to recover from this, her first,

appearance. 

      Charles Chaplin, who plays opposite Miss Dressler,

is nearly an equal factor on the laugh-making.

Almost every move he makes is good for a titter, while roars

are heard wherever he really extends himself.

Of almost equal importance is Mabel Normand, who also

has a leading part. There is a large number of

minor parts, all well handled.

      Mack Sennett, who wrote and directed the production,

deserve much praise. Not content with humor

alone, he filled the picture with excellent scenes, and saw

to it that the photography was of the best. Briefly,

he has produced the longest and at the same time, one of the best comedies yer seen on the screen.

(...) FEATURES ARE GOOD AT MAJESTIC,

Daily Ardmoreite, Dec. 13, 1914

„Look What‘s Coming”

Advertisement. „The Majestic

      ,The House of Features‘„ (...)

      „Thursday and Friday – Look What‘s Coming

      ,Tillie‘s Punctured Romance‘

      A ,Keystone‘ Comedy in 6 reels

      The Comedienne de luxe, Marie Dressler, supported by Mabel Normand and Chas. Chaplin

      Admission always 5 and 10c“

      Majestic Theatre, 108 W. Main Street, Ardmore.

      Tillie‘s Punctured Romance is

      released by Keystone December 12, 1914.

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