Mabel’s Dramatic Career
Also known as Her Dramatic Debut and Hurry, Hurry in the USA
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Mabel Normand [Mabel, the kitchen maid], Mack Sennett [the country boy], Ford Sterling [the actor villain], Roscoe Arbuckle [fat theater patron], Alice Davenport, Virginia Kirtley, Charles Avery, Mack Swain
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / No copyright registration. Released 8 September 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Actress. [?] Completed or shipped? on 12 August 1913. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis as Her Dramatic Debut by W.H. Productions Company in 1918.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates (Blackhawk Films collection) [Her Dramatic Debut rerelease version]; and in private film collections [8mm reduction positives of Her Dramatic Debut rerelease version].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actors - Audiences - Movie theaters - Photographs - Police: Keystone Kops - Rubes - Transportation: Automobiles - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 23 July 2024.
References: Film viewing : Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 247; Fussell-Normand p. 254; Kerr-Silent p. 64; Lahue-Kops p. 141; Lahue-Mack p. 292; Tarbox-Lost pp. 124, 125, 279.
Home video: DVD.
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