# Getting Acquainted > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Getting_Acquainted > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Getting_Acquainted.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Acquainted > Source revision: 1353683797 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1914 American film Getting Acquainted Clockwise from top: Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Mack Sennett Starring Charlie Chaplin Mabel Normand Phyllis Allen Mack Swain Harry McCoy Edgar Kennedy Cecile Arnold Cinematography Frank D. Williams Production company Keystone Studios Distributed by Mutual Film Release date December 5, 1914 (1914-12-05) Running time 16 minutes Country United States Languages Silent film English (Original titles) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Getting Acquainted" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) *Getting Acquainted* ***Getting Acquainted***, subsequently retitled ***A Fair Exchange***, is a 1914 American [comedy](/source/Comedy_film) [short](/source/Short_film) [silent film](/source/Silent_film) written and directed by [Charlie Chaplin](/source/Charlie_Chaplin), starring Chaplin and [Mabel Normand](/source/Mabel_Normand), and produced by [Mack Sennett](/source/Mack_Sennett) for [Keystone Studios](/source/Keystone_Studios).[1] Released on December 5, 1914, *Getting Acquainted* was the next-to-last movie that Chaplin made for Keystone Studios. It marked the final time he appeared in the same film as Mabel Normand. ## Plot In one of Chaplin's "park comedies" for Keystone Studios, Charlie and his domineering wife, Mrs. Sniffles, are walking in the greensward. When Mrs. Sniffles falls asleep on a park bench, Charlie takes the opportunity to walk away from her. He encounters pretty Mabel. At the moment, Mabel's husband, Ambrose, is occupied helping a stranger start his car. Charlie attempts to woo Mabel but is quickly rebuffed, and a park policeman comes to her aid. Meanwhile, Ambrose encounters Charlie's wife and is attracted to her. He, too, is rebuffed. Ambrose and Charlie both run afoul of a pretty blonde woman and her fez-wearing escort. A park policeman pursues both Charlie and Ambrose for their unwanted attentions directed at strange women. Charlie is eventually caught by the policeman, who brings him back to Mrs. Sniffles. She saves him from arrest and then begins to escort him home. ## Cast - [Charlie Chaplin](/source/Charlie_Chaplin) - Mr. Sniffles - [Mabel Normand](/source/Mabel_Normand) - Ambrose's wife - [Phyllis Allen](/source/Phyllis_Allen) - Mrs. Sniffles - [Mack Swain](/source/Mack_Swain) - Ambrose - [Harry McCoy](/source/Harry_McCoy) - Flirt in park - [Edgar Kennedy](/source/Edgar_Kennedy) - Policeman - [Cecile Arnold](/source/Cecile_Arnold) - Mary ## Reception A reviewer from *Motion Picture World* wrote, "Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin and the others are undeniably comical in this lively farce." A reviewer from *The Cinema* declared, "Yet another fine Charles Chaplin number including the celebrated Mabel Normand." ## See also - [List of American films of 1914](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1914) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Factory_1-0)** Walker, Brent E. (2010). [*Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel*](https://archive.org/details/macksennettsfunf0000unse/page/304/mode/2up). McFarland Inc. pp. 305–306. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780786457076](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786457076). Retrieved February 20, 2024. ## External links - [*Getting Acquainted*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004011/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*Getting Acquainted*](https://archive.org/details/CC_1914_12_05_AFairExchange) is available for free viewing and download at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) v t e Charlie Chaplin Filmography The Tramp Chaplin family Films directed Keystone Studios Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) Caught in the Rain (1914) A Busy Day (1914) Her Friend the Bandit (1914) Mabel's Married Life (1914) Laughing Gas (1914) The Property Man (1914) The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914) Recreation (1914) The Masquerader (1914) His New Profession (1914) The Rounders (1914) The New Janitor (1914) Those Love Pangs (1914) Dough and Dynamite (1914) Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) His Musical Career (1914) His Trysting Place (1914) Getting Acquainted (1914) His Prehistoric Past (1914) Essanay Studios His New Job (1915) A Night Out (1915) The Champion (1915) In the Park (1915) A Jitney Elopement (1915) The Tramp (1915) By the Sea (1915) Work (1915) A Woman (1915) The Bank (1915) Shanghaied (1915) A Night in the Show (1915) A Burlesque on Carmen (1915) Police (1916) Triple Trouble (1918) Mutual Film Corp The Floorwalker (1916) The Fireman (1916) The Vagabond (1916) One A.M. (1916) The Count (1916) The Pawnshop (1916) Behind the Screen (1916) The Rink (1916) Easy Street (1917) The Cure (1917) The Immigrant (1917) The Adventurer (1917) First National A Dog's Life (1918) The Bond (1918) Shoulder Arms (1918) Sunnyside (1919) A Day's Pleasure (1919) The Kid (1921) The Idle Class (1921) Pay Day (1922) The Pilgrim (1923) United Artists A Woman of Paris (1923) The Gold Rush (1925) The Circus (1928) City Lights (1931) Modern Times (1936) The Great Dictator (1940) Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Limelight (1952) Later productions A King in New York (1957) A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) See also The Chaplin Revue (1959) Songs "Smile" (1936 music, 1954 lyrics) "Eternally (Terry's Theme)" (1952 music, 1953 lyrics) "This Is My Song" (1967) Books about My Autobiography Chaplin: His Life and Art Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups Chaplin: A Life Sunnyside Films about Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times Unknown Chaplin Chaplin Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai Musicals about Little Tramp Chaplin (1993) Chaplin (2006) Other United Artists 3623 Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Studios Manoir de Ban Montecito Inn Chaplin & Co Charlie Chaplin comics Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers London statue Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley This 1910s short comedy film–related article is a stub. 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