Born in the uk to a 15 yearold musical hall chorus girl and an africanamerican musician who she never met, mabel was raised by her mothers family in a bohemian household. The boss has an eye for mabel too, in this genderbending comedy of errors and mistaken identities. With charles chaplin, mabel normand, harry mccoy, chester conklin. Her brother, who is a taxi driver, stops by mabels work to pick up harry and the mysterious woman. Mabels strange predicament 1914 a drunk tramp is trying to find his room at a hotel when he meets mabel, who is locked out of her room. Mabel s blunder tells the tale of a young woman who. Meanwhile, charlies first scene shows him kicking and punching his way through the gate in lieu of paying admission. I say that because there isnt anything that gets you going wow with a simple storyline which sees chaplin in his little tramp costume causing some typical mayhem.
Chaplin had first created the look at the very beginning of 1914 for the short kid auto races at venice. In the short mabel s blunder, she establishes herself as a bumbling onscreen clown whos just as sympathetic and likable as chaplin or keaton or lloyd. February 2 charlie chaplins first film, making a living is released. Today is the anniversary of the release of the allstar keystone comedy mabels busy day 1914. Chaplin has an important role, but he is a supporting player. Mabels married life was another keystone comedy short starring silent movie queen mabel normand. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Mabel is a hot dog vendor at a race track who has to deal with a drunken nuisance. What will the future hold for our young friends, read and find out. Ive said it before and ill say it again im sure if you make one of these a week for an entire calendar year, theyre not all gonna be winners. Koenekamp1 distributed by keystone studios release dates february 9, 1914 running time 17 minutes country united states language silent film english original titles.
A woman mabel normand tries to sell hot dogs during a car race, but the brutes who take the dogs from her expect only free samples. With mabel normand, harry mccoy, charley chase, charles bennett. This list consists of all different movie genres, but each film was released in 1914. Mack sennett acted in many of his films until 1915, when he began to cut back his work before the camera. Mabels married life 1914 a man and his wife mabel normand get into a fight. Not a great comedy short by any stretch but a good one and it was nice to see a good print of a mabel normand film. List of the best movies of 1914, with movie trailers when available. Mabel normand, harry mccoy, charles bennett, charles parrott charley chase finished.
Mabel mercer 1900 1984 was one of the most unique performers of the 20th century. Mabel normand, chester conklin, slim summerville, billie bennett, harry mccoy story. This one was directed by and costars the genius charlie chaplin very early in his development of the little tramp persona. This film was the first film chaplin conceived and used his tramp character.
Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Chaplin, in tramp attire, sits in the park with his wife, mabel. When she thinks her beau is cheating on her, she switches clothes with her brother so she can spy. A producer since 1908 and a director since 1909, sennetts acting took a back seat. John and charley chase were in the film i missed that. Mabels busy day was charlie chaplins 17th movie, released just 4 months after he made his debut with kid auto races at venice and whilst it saw him starring alongside mabel normand again it is a bit of a nothing little movie. Mabel is in love with her coworker, the son of the boss, but the boss is also sweet on her. Mabels blunder is a 1914 short comedy film directed, written by, and starring mabel normand normand plays mabel, a secretary who is engaged to her bosss son harry. Fai clic qui per aggiungere una frase del film mabels busy day adesso. Charlie, competing with his rivals race car, offers mabel a ride on his motorcycle but drops her in a puddle. Mabels strange predicament 9 february 1914 chaplin. He continued making sporadic film and television appearances into the 1950s but his heart was in the production side of things. Charlie chaplin in mabels busy day 1914 not exactly a. Mabel s blunder mabel normand 1914 keystone comedy with 1915 fotoplayer soundtrack duration.
Hey guys im back with the second installment of mabels story. It was also his first film with mabel normand who would be integral. Mabels blunder 1914 is a silent comedy film directed by, written by, and starring mabel normand, the most successful of the early silent screen comediennes. Mabel s blunder 1914 is a silent comedy film directed by, written by, and starring mabel normand, the most successful of the early silent screen comediennes. With her boyfriend locked up in a shed, mabel takes his place. It is based on the 1919 play by wilson collison and otto a. This is one of those shorts that, rather annoyingly, nowadays gets marketed and written about as a chaplin comedy, though the star is mabel normand and the director is mack sennett. Mabels married life 1914 is an american comedy silent film made by keystone studios starring and cowritten by charles chaplin and mabel normand, and directed by chaplin.
The face on the bar room floor usa, charlie chaplin. Though kid auto races at venice premiered two days before this one, mabels strange predicament was the first film in which charlie chaplin donned his tramp persona, and here he brilliantly experiments with the pantomiming street clown the problem. As so many of his keystone comedies do, it begins in a park where. It would be a few months before chaplin directed his own film, and until then, the tramp. This is my first experience seeing mabel normand onscreen after years of listening to the score of mack and mabel, naturally, and shes really a delightful presence. The tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and causes some misunderstandings between mabel and her lover. Its not slapstick, but more of a situational comedy along the lines of troublesome secretaries. Mabel normand, henry lehrman, mack sennett writers. Mabels strange predicament 1914 the movie database tmdb. Mabel finds out that charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. He next joins some dubious characters in abduction of his rival just before the race for the vanderbilt cup. The face on the bar room floor 1914 the fall guy 1921 family life 1924 faro nell 1929 the fast mailman 1922 the fatal mallet 1914 fatty and mabel adrift 1916 fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition 1915 fatty and mabels simple life 1915 fatty and minniehehaw 1914 fatty joins the force 19 fattys chance. Leading lady of film comedy is a package of four short films from the bfi national archive, including mabels blunder 1914, mabels dramatic career 19, his trysting place 1914 and should men walk home.
February 7 release of charlie chaplins second film, the keystone comedy kid auto races at venice, in which his character of the tramp is introduced to audiences although first filmed in mabels strange predicament, released two days later february 8 winsor mccays gertie the dinosaur greatly advances. In this charlie chaplin film, mabel normand plays a hot dog vendor who sneaks into the track. Mabel normand, harry mccoy, charles bennett, charles parrott. Mabel normand, chester conklin, alice davenport, harry mccoy story. Mabel normand, keystone film company, silent film mabel s blunder keystonemutual 1 reel, rel.
As soon as she sets up shop shes accosted by various male customers. One of those normanddirected comedies was a 1914 portrait of mabel normand looking uncharacteristically somber. The best movies of 1914 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Like with the last one, this story will start out t but will most likely be switched to m rated later on. Mabels busy day 1914 starring mabel normand, charlie.
Her brother, who is a taxi driver, stops by mabel s work to pick up harry and the mysterious woman. Mabel s blunder is a 1914 short comedy film directed, written by, and starring mabel normand normand plays mabel, a secretary who is engaged to her bosss son harry. Mabels blunder tells the tale of a young woman who. Mabel normand and charlie chaplin fight over franks in. Recensioni da altri dizionari del film mabels busy day. Up in mabels room is a 1944 american comedy film directed by allan dwan and starring marjorie reynolds, dennis okeefe and gail patrick. In his 19th film for keystone, charlie chaplin plays a somewhat more sympathetic role as the husband of comedienne mabel normand. As was so often the case during his first year in film, chaplins character is soon staggering drunk. When mabel sees harry embracing an attractive woman, she is griefstricken. A tipsy tramp latches onto an elegant lady and her dog in a hotel lobby, following her to her room. Directed by mabel normand produced by mack sennett written by henry lehrman starring mabel normand charles chaplin chester conklin alice davenport harry mccoy hank mann al st. Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isnt doing a very good job at it. Frasi celebri del film mabels busy day non ci sono ancora frasi celebri per questo film. The rebounding mannequin bit is a winner, but everything else here is a bit of rough going.
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