Through the Matrimonial Agency (1905)

Through THE Matrimonial Agency

THE BEST CHASE FILMS EVER PRODUCED
Screamingly Funny From Start To Finish
Length, 700 Feet      Price, $77.00

S. Lubin
Largest Manufacturer of
LIFE MOTION PICTURE MACHINES AND FILMS
21-23 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA,PENNA

I-3000-11-06   IV. 307

Through THE Matrimonial Agency.
Copyrighted by S. Lubin.
Length, 700 Feet      Price, $77.00

MILLER' MATRIMONIAL AGENCY.
One of the busiest places in town is Miller's Matrimonial Agency. We see men and women entering the door to try their luck at Cupid's Court.

RECEPTION AT CUPID'S COURT.
Marriages are generally made in heaven. Here they are made through Miller's Matrimonial Agency. He has the finest selection of men and women.

THE INTRODUCTION CLERK.
The Introduction-Clerk introduces the gentlemen to the ladies whereby it happens that he generally misfits the couples. While he turns the gentlemen to the right and ladies to the left, one of the old spinsters, too anxious to kiss and marry, enters the gentlemen's room

WANTED A HUSBAND.
The men fairly frightened start to run. As soon as the women notice this, then run after the men and thus one of the funniest chases begins.

THE FIRST VICTIM.
During the chase one of the men slips and falls. He is immediately caught by one of the pursiing woman. The ever present Introduction-Clerk lets them sign the book and congratulates them upon their engagement

A NARROW ESCAPE.
The fleeing men see themselves suddenly before a high wall, while the women are almost at their heels. To the greatest delight of the audience, the men are seen to jump over the wall, the women after them. This is one of the funniest scenes ever witnessed.

OUTWITTED.

The men try to escape on an outgoing engine. They are outwitted, however, by the women who hold up the engineer and then follow the fleeing men.

THE HIGH FENCE.
Neither a high fence nor anything else can prevent the women from following a prospective husband. The chase is funny beyond description. A genuine Lubin hit

ALMOST SAFE.
The men are seen entering an open doorway. They think they escaped their female pursuers but it is plainly to be seen that they are mistaken.

UPS AND DOWNS.
The chase is going up a steep hill. Some of the men slip and roll downwards right into the hands of the following women. The Introduction-Clerk is always at hand with his book, uniting the couples as quick as they find themselves. The scene is full of funny situations throughout.

A LIVELY CHASE.
The chase is coming down a country road. An automobile, going the same way, is held up by the women. As many women as possible crowd into the automobile. When near the men, the automobile stops, the women rush out and each one tries to catch a man.

DOOMED.
The lucky ones of the women hasten to the Magistrate's Office pulling their intended with them. The Introduction-Clerk pushes the couples upstairs, anxious to collect his registration fee.

KISS AND MAKE UP.
The couples are married in quick time by the Magistrate. The kissing scene following is one of the funniest ever reproduced in Life Moving Pictures.

NO RACE SUICIDE.
The last tableau is one which surely pleases President Roosevelt. It shows the couples a few years after their marriage. Thus ends the funniest Film ever made.

Length, 700 Feet.     Price, $77.00

Copyrighted by S. Lubin.

"Race Suicide" was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt. He worried that white (Caucasian) parents were having too few babies, and that "undesirable" immigrant races were reproducing at a higher rate. This is not much different from the "replacement theory" concern expressed by far-right conservatives in the 2020s.