| Matrimony's Speed Limit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alice Guy-Blaché |
| Produced by | Alice Guy-Blaché |
| Starring | Fraunie Fraunholz Marian Swayne |
| Studio | Solax Film Company |
| Release date(s) | 1913 |
| Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
Matrimony's Speed Limit is a 1913 silent comedy short film produced and directed by pioneering female film maker Alice Guy-Blaché.
The story concerns a young man (Fraunie Fraunholz) who refuses to accept financial assistance from his wealthy girlfriend (Marian Swayne) in favor of earning his own fortune on the stock market. She concocts a plan to convince him that he will collect an inheritance from a wealthy aunt if he marries before noon. While he desperately proposes to every female he meets, she is trying to reach him before he finds a girl who will say "yes". With only minutes to go before the deadline expires, he gives up his search and intends to commit suicide under the wheels of the next passing car. However, the vehicle contains both his fiancee and a minister, who marries them on the spot.[1][2]
One of only two of Guy-Blaché's films to survive out of her ouvre of more than 300, its preservation was initially financed by the Women's Film Preservation Fund upon its inauguration in 1995.[3] Subsequently, it was selected to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress in 2003.[4]