Mabels strange predicament letterboxd your life in film. The second film chaplin made at keystone, mabels strange predicament, was the first film in which chaplin donned the costume and character of the tramp. Mabels strange predicament 1914 mack sennett, henry. On cinemetrics, video essays, and digital scholarship an. Chaplin begins and the hausu of horrors parallax view. He became one of the true stars of the silent film era, first as a comic actor, and then successively in all the other roles involved in film making, including when the talkies came along.
Mabels strange predicament is a 1914 film starring mabel normand and charlie chaplin, directed by normand. 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. Although it was released after kid auto races at venice, this short was the first appearance of charlie chaplins little tramp to be produced. In this film mabel is a welltodo lady if her fancy dress is any indication who is staying at a hotel with her fiance. Eventually, mack caved in, and used charlie in a film called mabels strange predicament. Charlie chaplin wiki biography sir charles spencer charlie chaplin was born on 16 april 1889 in walworth, london england. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In a hotel lobby an inebriated charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog s leash, and falls down. Mabel s strange predicament keystonemutual 1015 ft. This film is among the 34 short films included in the chaplin at keystone dvd. In a hotel lobby an inebriated charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dogs leash, and falls down. Mabels strange predicament 1914 full movie youtube. The tramp continually finds himself in front of a movie camera that is filming a soap box derby race, much. More women worked in film during its first two decades than at any time since.
Charlie chaplin mabels strange predicament 1914 full movie. Chaplins tramp first debuted in her film mabels strange predicament 1914, though another film kid at the autoraces was released first, but filmed after. Mabels strange predicament 1914 1st charlie chaplin. Charlie chaplin 18891977 was an english actor, comedian, and filmmaker whose work in motion pictures spanned from 1914 until 1967. In a hotel lobby an inebriated charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dogs leash. Mabels strange predicament was not only chaplins first film as the tramp, but also his. Charlie chaplin mabels strange predicament 1914 full. The first scene he filmed in the tramp costume was the hotel lobby scene from the film mabels strange predicament. Mabel normand and charlie chaplin in mabels strange. The film was directed by normand and produced by mack sennett. This was to be mabels big one, but it all went wrong when the bosses allowed charlie to have an extraordinarily long opening scene in a film with mabels name in the title. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room.
Genius of the cinema, highlights that chaplins first scene in mabels strange predicament, the next film he would shoot at keystone though the third to be released, was allowed to run uncut for a full 75 feet or about a minute. After this film completed shooting, chaplin filmed kid auto races in venice. The first unusual thing about this film is that it is in french at least, the film is intertitled in french. It took two months for mabel to agree to perform with charlie again. Unfortunately, many early women filmmakers have been largely written out of film history, their contributions undervalued. Feb 09, 2014 today is the anniversary of the release of the film mabels strange predicament. Mabels strange predicament, starring charlie chaplin, mabel. This film was easy to edit in comparison to mabels strange predicament and because of this, kid auto races was released first. In a hotel lobby, an inebriated charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog s leash, and falls down. Mabel s 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. Mabels strange predicament is a 1914 american film starring mabel normand and charles chaplin, notable for being the first film for which chaplin donned.
The movie stars chaplin along with mabel normand, who will appear in more movies with chaplin for keystone studios. Mabels strange predicament 1914 the movie database tmdb. Download charlie chaplin complete filmography 87 movies torrent or any other torrent from the video movies. The film itself is a cascade of mishaps and collisions of personalities that, of course. Mabels strange predicament is a 1914 american film starring mabel normand and charles chaplin, notable for being the first film for which chaplin donned the tramp costume. This listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett. Working at a time when the american film industry was beginning to solidify and flourish, normand was one of the first actresses to serve as her own director and have her name linked to a production company. Mack sennett, the man who ran keystone studios, wanted chaplin to put on some sort of comic turn in a mabel normand picture called mabels strange predicament.
The complete works of charlie chaplin critics rant. Mabel ends up in one of an elderly husband where she hides under the bed. Most agree it was mabel who convinced him to keep chaplin on and after a two shorts chaplin was put in mabels care. Mabels strange predicament is a short film, 17 minutes long, starring mabel normand, with charlie chaplin as the villain of the picture mabel normand was, at the time, a major film star, as well as one of the first female movie directors. A great film to watch and it is the first movie in which chaplin plays the. One is that it is was actually the first film in which charlie chaplin portrayed his little tramp character it had been shot prior to kid auto races at venice but released after it. Find movie and film cast and crew information for mabels strange predicament 1914 mack sennett, henry lehrman on allmovie. Kid auto races at venice was released 2 days earlier on. The film isaccompanied by a music score compiled and performed by. In his first tramp film, mabels strange predicament, the longest shot in the film does not feature chaplin but his costar mabel normand.
The tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and causes some misunderstandings between mabel and her lover. In 2012 there was some confusion when it was widely claimed that the film had been found, but it turned out to be a short called his day out featuring chaplin imitator billy west. Mabel wrote and directed many of chaplins earliest shorts, usually starring in them as well. His first lobby shot is in fact a few seconds longer than mabels. Mabels strange predicament 9 february 1914 chaplin.
Silent era home page psfl mabels strange predicament 1914 a growing source of silent era film information. Mabels strange predicament is the film where charlie chaplin perfected the look for his the tramp character. The tramp was first presented to the public in chaplins second film kid auto races at venice released feb. Mabels strange predicament on home video silent era. During his early years in film, he became established as a worldwide cinematic idol renowned for his tramp persona. Jun 18, 2012 the first time chaplin donned his tramp costume. Mabels strange predicament wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Mabels strange predicament is one of the ones in which he only acted.
It was for this film that chaplin first conceived of the tramp. There is a small difference that i can mention in chaplins favor. The plot of mabels strange predicament is minimal and was simply an. Feb 09, 2014 we now think of mabels strange predicament as a chaplin film, but his character is really incidental to the narrative, which is standard keystone fare involving a mixup in hotel rooms and suspicions of illicit romance chaplin would put his own spin on this narrative in a night out, 1915, at essanay. Jun 04, 2014 many now available chaplin films were once lost, including mabels strange predicament, a busy day, and cruel, cruel love, so there is every hope of a future recovery. Mabel normand left, foreground and charles chaplin. Here, he teams with mabel normand for a mixed up comedy set in a hotel. Hilariously, the most famous character in the world of silent film was an afterthought. Apr 19, 2020 in a hotel lobby, an inebriated charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog s leash, and falls down. It was during his first short with her, mabels strange predicament, that he conceived his legendary tramp character. Note that this is not the 1st film appearance of the tramp, based upon release date. An international anthology bluraydvd dualformat edition.
Oct 26, 2010 his introductory scene in mabels strange predicament, his third completed film for sennett, is filled with inspired comic business as he chases girls across the lobby and navigates the crowded maze of furniture and bricabrac in his inebriated state. This image might not be in the public domain outside of the united states. While the tramp character was born in a mabel normand short, mabels strange predicament, kid auto races in venice is the first of chaplins films to feature the tramp in a starring role. Was it that she had to choose between playing with her dog, not being discovered by her boyfriend while underneath an old mans bed, or in getting molested by an opportunistic charlie chaplin. His best scene is the first one, which runs surprisingly long for a keystone short.
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