Mabel at the Wheel
Charlie, competing with his rival's race car, offers Mabel a ride on his motorcycle but drops her in a puddle. He also kidnaps his rival before the race. But Mabel decides to take the wheels in his place, thus causing a threat to Charlie. As the race progresses, despite a very late start, Mabel manages to gain a lead of three laps. Charlie with his henchmen, tries to sabotage the race by using oil and bombs on the track. They seem to succeed for a while, but their dirty tricks were not enough to stop the high-spirited Mabel from winning the race.
Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand
Casts & Crew
Charlie Chaplin
Mabel Normand
Harry McCoy
Chester Conklin
Mack Sennett
Dave Anderson
Joe Bordeaux
Mack Swain
William Hauber
Dan Albert
Charles Avery
Charley Chase
Alice Davenport
Minta Durfee
Edgar Kennedy
Charles Lakin
Grover Ligon
Fred Mace
Edward Nolan
Fred Wagner
Also Directed by Mack Sennett
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.
When Mabel Normand romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her nice suitor to appeal to racecar driver Barney Oldfield for help.
This Andy Clyde short, in which Andy plays second fiddle to a bad performance by the usually reliable Wade Boteler, finds Boteler (as Bert) courting the daughter of Andy Clyde and Addie McPhail, and Andy reminds him that he shouldn't take her for granted, especially at a gathering where Dr. Dudley Smith, accomplished musician, artist, sportsman, lecturer, world traveler, singer, dancer and worker of cross-word puzzles, is putting heavy moves on Helen, Bert's intended. Bert allows as how he'll do something special for her on her birthday coming up next month. The something special ...
A Rural Demon is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Eva Nelson.
Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.
The Telltale Light is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.
Seemingly every man is in love with Gladys (played by Mabel Normand). Wherever she goes, man start following her with much enthusiasm. Two men at the place her father works want to marry her...both send her letters asking for such. She accepts both! Her father finds out and decides to play a trick on her.
A Mack Sennett comedy short starring Mack Sennett, Kate Toncray & Mabel Normand.
Here it is nice to see Sennett playing a different character than his usual hillbilly lover. Sennett looks quite dashing as the big game hunter. He's quite comically cowardly when the real big game shows up. Mabel is so calm and natural with the bear that she appears like a goddess or other worldly creature. She acts as if she's doing the scene with a cat or dog.
The movie begins with Tom carrying a ladder for an elopement with Helen. Unfortunately, as soon as Helen climbs down the ladder, her parents, played by Grace Henderson and Frank Opperman, come out armed, and Opperman chases Tom away.
Also Directed by Mabel Normand
A henpecked husband's innocent friendship with a married woman leads to chaos.
A short comedy directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett. believed to be a lost film.
Mabel and Charles Avery are the young rustic lovers. Meanwhile, their parents are indulging in such lascivious activities as chin-chucking, when the approach of the young 'uns causes them to hide in a closet. On finding someone in the closet, the kids call the cops...
A short comedy starring Mabel Normand being chased by a very lively bear.
Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
Mabel has just gotten engaged during a housewarming party of which her mother is the hostess. When an annoying party guest persuades Mabel to dance with him, Mabel hurries through the dance and then goes to look for her fiancé, only to discover him caressing another woman. Her fiancé finds not only Mabel, but also her mother, very displeased, and not inclined to believe his explanation.
The Tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and causes some misunderstandings between Mabel and her lover.
Mabel Normand stars in this comedy short in which she has a world of trouble with her rival lovers.
A silent comedy short directed by Mabel Normand.