Mabel Normand

...model but turned to acting, performing in live theatre and making her Broadway debut in 1909. She became friends with film star Mabel Normand. Helen moved out to the California (by the Colorado River) at the age of seventeen to care for...

In this article: Helen Holmes, Kalem Company, J.P. McGowan, The Hazards of Helen, Pathe, Chicago, California, and Dog

...Strange Predicament is one of more than a dozen early films that writer/director/comedienne Mabel Normand made with Chaplin; Normand, who had written and directed films before Chaplin, mentored the young comedian. Interestingly, Chaplin's...

In this article: Charles Chaplin, Mabel's Strange Predicament, The Tramp, Dog, Kid Auto Races at Venice, and The Tramp

Mabel's Busy Day is a 1914 short starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand; the film was also written and directed by Mabel Normand. Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box...

In this article: Mabel's Busy Day and Charles Chaplin

...in comedy two-reelers. Her dalliance with studio chief Mack Sennett famously ended his engagement to actress Mabel Normand when Normand allegedly walked in on the pair. According to some accounts of the incident, Busch inflicted a...

In this article: Mae Busch, Laurel and Hardy, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Love 'em and Weep, Head injury, The Water Nymph, Keystone Studios, and Los Angeles Times

The Fatal Mallet is one of more than a dozen early films that writer/director/comedienne Mabel Normand made with Charles Chaplin; Normand, who had written and directed films before Chaplin, mentored the young comedian. Three men will...

In this article: The Fatal Mallet, Charles Chaplin, and Mack Sennett

Her Awakening is a 1911 short predating feature-length films starring comedienne Mabel Normand and directed by D. W. Griffith. Normand portrays a lively young woman ashamed to introduce her poorly dressed mother to her elegant suitor. This...

In this article: Her Awakening, D. W. Griffith, Fort Lee, New York City, New Jersey, and United States

...the story of Mack's involvement - both professionally and romantically - with one of the biggest stars of his movies, Mabel Normand. When Mabel, a delicatessen worker, delivers a sandwich to Lottie, the actress that Mack is filming,...

In this article: Mack Sennett, Jerry Herman, William Desmond Taylor, Keystone Cops, Mack & Mabel, UK, David Merrick, and Molly Smith

A Noise from the Deep is a 1913 comedy short starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The film was directed by Mack Sennett and also features the Keystone Cops on horseback. Mabel Normand throws the first pie known to ever be...

In this article: A Noise from the Deep, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Keystone Cops, Charles Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and New York City

The reason for Paramount's nervousness was Taylor's secret - and tangled - love life. He'd got involved with one of his actresses, Mabel Normand - and he was also seeing Mary Miles Minter, then a naive 22-year-old Paramount star, as well as...

In this article: William Desmond Taylor, Mary Miles Minter, Charlotte Shelby, Paramount Studio, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Hollywood

...vaudeville circuit, Tincher was approached by a man who commented about her resemblance to actress Mabel Normand. She did not know Normand because she had never seen a movie in 1913. The agent gave her his card and said he wanted...

In this article: Fay Tincher, D.W. Griffith, California, Edward Dillon, Photoplay, Yale, and Anita Loos