Getting Acquainted

Getting Acquainted AKA A Fair Exchange
Clockwise from top: Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand
Directed by	Charles Chaplin
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Written by	Charles Chaplin
Starring	Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Phyllis Allen Mack Swain Harry McCoy Edgar Kennedy Cecile Arnold
Cinematography	Frank D. Williams
Distributed by	Keystone Studios
Release dates	December 5, 1914 (1914-12-05)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English (Original titles)

Full film

Getting Acquainted, subsequently retitled A Fair Exchange, is a 1914 American comedy silent film written and directed by Charles Chaplin, starring Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and produced by Mack Sennett at Keystone Studios .

Synopsis

Charlie and his wife are walking in the park when they encounter Ambrose and his wife where they become attracted to each other's wife and start chasing them around the park. The policeman is looking for a masher.

Cast

Charles Chaplin - Mr. Sniffels
Mabel Normand - Ambrose's wife
Phyllis Allen - Mrs. Sniffels
Mack Swain - Ambrose
Harry McCoy - Flirt in park
Edgar Kennedy - Policeman
Cecile Arnold - Mary

External links

Getting Acquainted at the Internet Movie Database
Getting Acquainted is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Getting Acquainted on YouTube

Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

Keystone Studios (1914)	Twenty Minutes of Love Caught in the Rain A Busy Day Her Friend the Bandit Mabel's Married Life Laughing Gas The Face on the Bar Room Floor Recreation The Masquerader His New Profession The Rounders The Property Man The New Janitor Those Love Pangs Dough and Dynamite Gentlemen of Nerve His Musical Career His Trysting Place Getting Acquainted His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915)	His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement The Tramp By the Sea His Regeneration Work A Woman The Bank Shanghaied A Night in the Show Burlesque on Carmen Police Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916–17)	The Floorwalker The Fireman The Vagabond One A.M. The Count The Pawnshop Behind the Screen The Rink Easy Street The Cure The Immigrant The Adventurer

First National (1918–23)	A Dog's Life The Bond Shoulder Arms Sunnyside A Day's Pleasure The Professor The Kid The Idle Class Pay Day The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923–52)	A Woman of Paris The Gold Rush The Circus City Lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Monsieur Verdoux Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York A Countess from Hong Kong

See also	The Chaplin Revue The Freak

Getting Acquainted

Synopsis

Cast

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