Runaway Match

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name = Runaway Match


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distributor = Gaumont Film Company
released = December 12, 1903 (US)
runtime = 5 minutes
country = UK
language = English
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imdb_id = 0132486

"Runaway Match" or "The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor" (UK title "Elopement à la Mode") is a 1903 short film consisting of nine shots. It may be the "first auto-centered narrative film"cite web |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ym3JHm0MyooC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=%22Runaway+Match%22&source=web&ots=7kKA6mUCEO&sig=jzRpbROFDE7x7wR6LbyCWleBLSA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA182,M1 |title=A Runaway Match: The Automobile in the American American Film, 1900-1920 ("The Automobile and American Culture", Lewis, David Lanier and Goldstein, Laurence, editors) |author=Julian Smith |publisher=Google Books |date=1983 |accessdate=2008-09-09 p. 183] and the first car chase in the movies.cite web |url=http://www.varaces.com/index.php?option=com_staticxt&Itemid=0&xt_item=1&staticfile=info.php?mode=view&id=415 |title=Runaway Match |publisher=Varaces The Car Chase Movie Database]

Plot

A couple elope by car. The woman's wealthy father gives chase, but his limousine breaks down. When he arrives too late to prevent the marriage, he becomes reconciled to his new son-in-law.

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