The Gusher
Mabel has two suitors - an oily con man, whom she mocks in a very funny scene where she is shown twiddling a fake moustache and making her feelings very clearly felt. Even in this early comedy her natural fun comes through. The one she really loves is clumsy yokel Ford Sterling, who is determined to buy an oil well that the con man has for sale. The conman gets a local fellow to pour oil over the property. Ford falls for it and buys it - Mabel and he are to be married. Then the fellow confesses that it was just a scam - there was no oil.
Release Date
December 14, 1913Runtime
11 minGenres
ComedyDirected by
Mack SennettLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eMIvE1yv8RO7zUiMeTmm7bpBvfa.jpg)
Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jWwCuNR2eRpgxlRBKNTCTmCVHP0.jpg)
Ford Sterling
Oil Well Buyer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7aSeqYhxHaqd0wCHE9yaXu9XWOV.jpg)
Mabel Normand
Oil Well Buyer's Sweetheart![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/adYzNqmBzmfGkFppoc8eHn2EHk5.jpg)
Charles Inslee
Con Man![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5EGNEc8hjNmyNA6bh39czJ0BcGS.jpg)
Hank Mann
2nd Henchman![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xYULwPUrtqZz50Eaiz3BeZP83iq.jpg)
Mack Swain
Villager / Cop![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jusDHfvZ1jfzF9wNoeZ3DtIuQrJ.jpg)
Charles Avery
Man at Oil Well (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sMOaVJca2FnFIRUs6L8zIuXAZnV.jpg)
Dot Farley
Party Guest (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oA8h7AdAUZYg5uO0xzFMQOkc9DQ.jpg)
Edgar Kennedy
Cop (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/j2PQc0AoaFWH5dz6BVxmtOE3lFx.jpg)
Rube Miller
Villager (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/16lPF8JoayhlPu6ZluIOv5aecMu.jpg)
Peggy Pearce
Party Guest (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eCgp9AcqAUsN7oHt2jTIRz8FPVX.jpg)
Mai Wells
Party Guest (uncredited)