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And finally, here’s “Caught in a Cabaret” (1914) written, directed & starring Mabel Normand with Charlie Chaplin as her leading man (https://youtu.be/YcZZ8JSfN_c?is=bkyehW53yV6VhyFx)
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Despite all of their talents and trailblazing, both Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would hit some heartbreaking career lows (Normand with relationship and drug scandals the stress of which would worsen her recurrent tuberculosis; Arbuckle with career ending sex scandal). And they’d both pass away far too young in the early 1930s (Mabel at only 36 in 1930 & Roscoe at 43 in 1933)
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And finally, “He Did and He Didn’t” (1916) (https://youtu.be/5naCRo-i1JI?si=yxMvA_4hrmd0oCMo) is actually more of a dramedy VS the usual slapstick comedy or RomCom that Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand were known for while working for Keystone Studios.
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“Wished on a Mabel” (1915) (https://youtu.be/iDWXaF5MMBs?si=NnpB69KBpUKG-JbQ) is considered one of the more “sophisticated” films that Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would make together 

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During this time, Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle would make 17 films together- mostly short comedies and often writing, producing and directing the films themselves. While at Keystone Mabel Normand would star in over 100 films and write & direct around 20 films on her own. Arbuckle would parlay his screenwriting & directorial work at Keystone into a contract with MGM in 1918.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

Mabel Normand (November 9, 1893-February 23, 1930) began her career as an artist’s model in the early 1900s and quickly moved on to working in film for various NYC-based studios, where she caught the eye of Mack Sennett of Keystone Studios, which she would join in 1912.
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“That Little Band of Gold” (1915) (https://youtu.be/yC7f-vorsN4?si=BZ8SzbWaTZJn2z6y) is somewhat of a departure for Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in that they also share top billing with Ford Sterling. This also features A LOT of Keystone Studio regulars (Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, etc.) 

#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life” (1915) (https://youtu.be/1pXAXg2SEfU?si=7kau3kdJC1ojS8zQ) is another from the series that features the chaos trio (Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle & Al St. John) but this time they’re joined by The Keystone Kops
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Here’s the first in the popular Mabel Normand-“Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy series “Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life” (1915) (https://youtu.be/zxIQWn_fN88?si=Y35YbaBtj4Eh4pam). This was co-directed by both Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle, who by this point had been directing and producing films both individually and jointly for about a year. It also features Arbuckle’s nephew and frequent collaborator Al St. John

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Next we have “Mabel’s New Hero” (1913) (https://youtu.be/KNV793zpPy4?si=GLfqK4YsxhvYiEQQ) which fully features Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle as her co-star. It’s also directed by Mack Sennett
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

I know that Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is barely in “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” but I think his wanting Mack Sennett to STFU is pretty memorable 😂
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelsDramaticCareer #MabelNormand #RoscoeArbuckle #SilentFilm

“Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913) is notable for being one of the earliest examples of a film-within-a-film
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First up we have “Mabel’s Dramatic Career” (1913) (https://youtu.be/gSTM9GbpQ_Y?si=YikhFM9EdkNB6Nx8) directed by Keystone Films impresario and Mabel Normand’s future co-conspirator and on/off lover Mack Sennett
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Supposedly, “Won in a Cupboard” (1914) is a send up of D.W. Griffith’s short crime thriller “An Unseen Enemy” (1912), which was the first film to star The Gish Sisters.
#SilentFlickerSunday #WonInACupboard #MabelNormand #DWGriffith #AnUnseenEnemy #SilentFilm

First up, is “Won in a Cubboard” AKA “Won in a Closet” (1914) (https://tinyurl.com/yc2dchrb) starring and directed by Mabel Normand. This is the second film she ever directed. It was considered to be a lost film until it was rediscovered in an Aotearoa/New Zealand archive in 2010.
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And finally, The short RomCom “Fatty and Mabel Adrift” (1916) (https://tinyurl.com/456aa2np) starring and directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
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Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892– February 23, 1930) was one of the first female filmmakers, she also had 200+ film credits as an actress. She frequently worked with Charlie Chaplin (who she also discovered and mentored!), Mack Sennett, and Roscoe“Fatty” Arbuckle. She is, also, believed to be the first woman to be pied and to pie on film.
#SilentFlickerSunday #MabelNormand #SilentFilm #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenMakeFilm

Next we have “Mabel at the Wheel”(1914) directed by and starring Mabel Normand with loads of Keystone regulars costarring & making cameo appearances+ Charlie Chaplin in a rare villainous role!
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Mabel Normand and Clara Bow at Coney Island in “At Coney Island” (1912) and “It” (1927), respectively.
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