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Getting Acquainted
Getting Acquainted
	Clockwise from top: Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand
Directed by	Charlie Chaplin
Written by	Charlie Chaplin
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Starring	Charlie Chaplin; Mabel Normand; Phyllis Allen; Mack Swain; Harry McCoy; Edgar Kennedy; Cecile Arnold
Cinematography	Frank D. Williams
Production; company	Keystone Studios
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release date	December 5, 1914;
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English (Original titles)

Getting Acquainted

Getting Acquainted, subsequently retitled A Fair Exchange, is a 1914 American comedy silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and produced by Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios.^[1]

Plot

In one of Chaplin's "park comedies" for Keystone Studios, Charlie and his domineering wife, Mrs. Sniffles, are walking in the greensward. When Mrs. Sniffles falls asleep on a park bench, Charlie takes the opportunity to walk away from her. He encounters pretty Mabel. At the moment, Mabel's husband, Ambrose, is occupied trying to help a stranger start his car. Charlie attempts to woo Mabel but is quickly rebuffed and a park policeman comes to her aid. Meanwhile, Ambrose encounters Charlie's wife and is attracted to her. He too is rebuffed. Ambrose and Charlie both run afoul of a pretty blonde woman and her fez-wearing escort. A park policeman pursues both Charlie and Ambrose for their unwanted attentions directed at strange women. Charlie is eventually caught by the policeman who brings him back to Mrs. Sniffles. She saves him from arrest but roughly begins to escort him home.

Released on December 5, 1914, Getting Acquainted was the next-to-last movie that Chaplin made for Keystone Studios. It marked the final time he appeared in the same film as Mabel Normand.