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The Engagement Ring
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 497 feet
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Mabel Normand [Alice], Edward Dillon [Harry], Dell Henderson [Redmond], Kate Bruce [Alice’s mother], Fred Mace [the jeweler], J. Jiquel Lanoe [the jeweler’s assistant], William J. Butler [the benefactor], Charles West [the waiter], William Beaudine [a man in the park], Harry Hyde [a man in the restaurant], [?] Alice Davenport?, [?] Harry McCoy?

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Mabel Normand. Assistant director, William Beaudine. Cinematography by Percy Higginson. / © 11 March 1912 by Biograph Company. Released 11 March 1912; [?] in a split-reel with A Spanish Dilemma (1912)? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in California.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents: Automobile - Transportation: Automobiles

Listing updated: 1 January 2025.

References: Fussell-Normand p. 244; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.