''Runaway Match'' or ''The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor'' (UK title ''Elopement à la Mode'') is a 1903 short

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

consisting of nine shots. It may be the "first auto-centered narrative film" and the first

car chase A car chase or vehicle pursuit is the vehicular overland chase of one party by another, involving at least one automobile or other wheeled motor vehicle, commonly hot pursuit of suspects by law enforcement. The rise of the automotive industry i ...

in the movies.

Plot

A couple

elope Elopement is a marriage which is conducted in a sudden and secretive fashion, sometimes involving a hurried flight away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of getting married without parental approval. A ...

by car. The woman's wealthy father gives chase, but his limousine breaks down. When he arrives too late to prevent the marriage, he becomes reconciled to his new son-in-law.

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* 1903 films British black-and-white films British silent short films British chase films Films about automobiles Silent British thriller films British thriller short films {{short-silent-film-stub