 An Assisted Elopement is a 1910 American silent short comedy produced by the Thanhouser Company . The film focuses on Gladys and Charlie who meet each other on the train home and they become romantically interested in each other . It turns out their parents are friends and wish for them to get married , souring the relationship between them . In a ploy to get their children to elope , the fathers become bitter enemies in public and the couple elopes much to their enjoyment and intention . A surviving film still shows several of members of the cast , including Frank H. Crane , Violet Heming , and Alphonse Ethier . The film was released on August 30 , 1910 and saw a wide national release . The film is presumed lost . 
