When Sennett found out
that Echo Lake near his studio...
...was about to be drained,
he promptly corralled cameras,...
...actors, costumes and Cops
and told them to get down...
...and dirty before he'd figure out
the plot of the picture.
This created Keystone legend that's
often used to characterize...
...the madness of the entire studio.
But Sennett was getting thousands of
dollars worth of production value...
...for the cost of quick thinking.
His personal recollection was...
..."We whistled up a carful of
writers and went out.
We made up the gags
and story as we went along."
The end result made money
and film history both;...
...it was released by Mutual on
November 22, 1913
A Muddy Romance
A Persistent Suitor
The End