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
Ford Sterling
as Oil Well Buyer
Mabel Normand
as Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart
George Jeske
as Money Lender (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
as Cop (uncredited)
Mai Wells
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mack Swain
as Villager / Cop
Dot Farley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Mann
as 2nd Henchman
Charles Inslee
as Con Man
Charles Avery
as Man at Oil Well (uncredited)
Rube Miller
as Villager (uncredited)
Peggy Pearce
as Party Guest (uncredited)
