“Lucy Jenkins’ father wishes her to marry Henry Watts, a rich neighbor of his own age. But Lucy detests the old man, and she and Jack Winslow elope in an automobile. The angry farmer gives pursuit. The automobile breaks down—and it looks as though Jenkins is to win the day. But the timely approach of a farm wagon proves a blessing to the young couple, who reach the parson’s and are married before Jenkins can overtake them.”
Summary from Reel Life · 19 December 1914
“A two-reel offering dealing with the familiar subject of an elopement. In spite of the fact that this has been done over and over again in almost the same way, this is made very entertaining. Considerable suspense is aroused over the heroes successful attempt to get the girl down the rope and off to the minister before the irate father …
Read in full · 1 min“A two-reel offering dealing with the familiar subject of an elopement. In spite of the fact that this has been done over and over again in almost the same way, this is made very entertaining. Considerable suspense is aroused over the heroes successful attempt to get the girl down the rope and off to the minister before the irate father appears. Mignon Anderson and Morris Foster play the young couple. The photography is good and this production makes good use of stock situations.”
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An erroneous release date of December 17, 1914 was given in a schedule printed in the January 2, 1915 issue of The Moving Picture World.
From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1914 →
Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Lucy’s Elopement”. thanhouser.org/films/lucy-s-elopement/
