A woman's husband runs into trouble when he flirts with the wrong "girl".A woman's husband runs into trouble when he flirts with the wrong "girl".A woman's husband runs into trouble when he flirts with the wrong "girl".
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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
- Husband
- (uncredited)
Frank Cooley
- 1st Flirt in Park
- (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
- Wife
- (uncredited)
William Hauber
- Handlebar-Moustached Cop
- (uncredited)
George Jeske
- Shaven Cop
- (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
- Rajah
- (uncredited)
Virginia Kirtley
- Girl on Sidewalk
- (uncredited)
George Nichols
- 2nd Flirt in Park
- (uncredited)
Frank Opperman
- Rajah's Associate
- (uncredited)
- Director
- George Nichols(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaReleased as a split reel along with Moscow and Its Environs (1914).
- GoofsThe Rajah fires over 30 shots from his two pistols before he runs out of bullets.
Featured review
Flirting With Disaster
"A Flirt's Mistake" is an extremely short film, all of 8 minutes, starring one of the heavyweights of the silent era (pun intended). Unfortunately, though, it's not all that entertaining. I am a bit perplexed by the handful of reviewers here calling this funny. I struggled to find much humor in it myself.
The plot is a simple one. Roscoe plays a married man who is nevertheless quite the skirt-chaser. Even if he only sees a figure from behind, not seeing a face, he still gives chase. Odd but whatever. Eventually, though, he encounters a 'rajah' who has become fed up with being pestered by amorous gents, and what follows is a prolonged chase scene that includes several pratfalls from Roscoe, the rajah shooting his pistols with wild abandon, and a collection of ineffectual Keystone Cops who run from the sound of a gun.
That's pretty much it. So if you find the sight of one guy constantly falling on his butt funny, or another guy shooting his pistols in the air about 30 times, then this is for you lol. The most interesting part of the film for me was actually checking out the fashions of the day; what the women and men wore, how the house was decorated, etc. Basically a view of what was 'typical' in 1914. So the film is more informative than it was entertaining for the most part, sort of like a time capsule.
5/10. It's fine for fans of Arbuckle, but otherwise I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it. Would I watch again (Y/N)?: I don't think so.
The plot is a simple one. Roscoe plays a married man who is nevertheless quite the skirt-chaser. Even if he only sees a figure from behind, not seeing a face, he still gives chase. Odd but whatever. Eventually, though, he encounters a 'rajah' who has become fed up with being pestered by amorous gents, and what follows is a prolonged chase scene that includes several pratfalls from Roscoe, the rajah shooting his pistols with wild abandon, and a collection of ineffectual Keystone Cops who run from the sound of a gun.
That's pretty much it. So if you find the sight of one guy constantly falling on his butt funny, or another guy shooting his pistols in the air about 30 times, then this is for you lol. The most interesting part of the film for me was actually checking out the fashions of the day; what the women and men wore, how the house was decorated, etc. Basically a view of what was 'typical' in 1914. So the film is more informative than it was entertaining for the most part, sort of like a time capsule.
5/10. It's fine for fans of Arbuckle, but otherwise I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it. Would I watch again (Y/N)?: I don't think so.
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- Better_Sith_Than_Sorry
- Aug 19, 2022
Details
- Runtime8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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