The Gusher
The Gusher
Release: 1913-12-14
·Runtime: 11m
·★ 4.5
Comedy
Mabel has two suitors - an oily con man, whom she mocks in a very funny scene where she is shown twiddling a fake moustache and making her feelings very clearly felt. Even in this early comedy her natural fun comes through. The one she really loves is clumsy yokel Ford Sterling, who is determined to buy an oil well that the con man has for sale. The conman gets a local fellow to pour oil over the property. Ford falls for it and buys it - Mabel and he are to be married. Then the fellow confesses that it was just a scam - there was no oil.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Keystone Film Company
Cast
Charles Avery
as Man at Oil Well (uncredited)
Peggy Pearce
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mabel Normand
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
Hank Mann
as 2nd Henchman
Mack Swain
as Villager / Cop
George Jeske
as Money Lender (uncredited)
Mai Wells
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Inslee
as Con Man
Edgar Kennedy
as Cop (uncredited)
Ford Sterling
as Oil Well Buyer
Dot Farley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rube Miller
as Villager (uncredited)
