When her guardians at the Occidental Trust Company announce she must be wed, Mary Fuller insists on a titled husband. The trust officers head over to an employment agency, pick an assortment of foreigners and dress them well for her choice in the amusing first episode of the romantic comedy serial WHO WILL MARRY MARY?
Movie serials arose in France as a way of telling stories longer than two reels. They spread in competition to feature films and for a while embraced many types of stories, including romantic comedies. By the 1920s, however, feature films had defeated them as the primary form and they became a secondary market, almost invariably action thrillers.
The form was introduced for US production in 1912, with Mary Fuller starring in WHAT HAPPENED TO MARY. This was her second serial.
A good copy of this film can be viewed on the Eye Institute site on YouTube.
Movie serials arose in France as a way of telling stories longer than two reels. They spread in competition to feature films and for a while embraced many types of stories, including romantic comedies. By the 1920s, however, feature films had defeated them as the primary form and they became a secondary market, almost invariably action thrillers.
The form was introduced for US production in 1912, with Mary Fuller starring in WHAT HAPPENED TO MARY. This was her second serial.
A good copy of this film can be viewed on the Eye Institute site on YouTube.