Mabel’s Blunder
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Mabel Normand
Cast: Mabel Normand [Mabel], Harry McCoy [Harry], Charles Bennett [the boss, Harry’s father], Charley Chase [Billy Bronx, Harry’s friend], [?] ? [Mabel’s brother, the chauffeur], Eva Nelson [Harry’s sister], Helen Carruthers [Mabel’s friend], Eddie Cline (Edward F. Cline) [the boss’s moustached business associate], Wallace MacDonald [Harry’s friend who borrows money], Bert Hunn [a party guest], William Hauber [the first waiter], Harry Russell [a waiter]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Mabel Normand. / No copyright registration. Released 12 September 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The False Chauffeur. [?] Completed or shipped? on 24 August 1914.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute/Dorothy Horton collection) [35mm nitrate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Calling cards - Domestics: Chauffeurs - Gender-bending - Imposture - Jealousy - Keyholes - Offices - Parties - Restaurants - Transportation: Automobiles - USA: California: Los Angeles
Listing updated: 3 July 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Fussell-Normand p. 258; Lahue-Kops p. 148; Lahue-Mack p. 296 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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