Independent Films, Comedy, Classic Movies. Mabel's Busy Day by CharlieChaplin


Independent Films, Comedy, Classic Movies

Mabel's Busy Day
by Charlie Chaplin


A hot dog girl gives one to a policeman who then allows her into a race track. While other customers swipe her hot dogs, Charlie runs off with the whole box, pretending to sell them while actually giving them away. She calls her policeman who battles Charlie.

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Details

Language: Silent

Year of production: 1914

Length: 04'43

Country: United States

Suggested by:
Baxter Martin

Directors:

Mabel Normand

Producers:

Mark Sennett

Actors:

Charles Chaplin ... Tipsy Nuisance
Mabel Normand ... Mabel
Chester Conklin ... Police Sergeant
Slim Summerville ... Policeman
Billie Bennett ... Woman
Harry McCoy ... Hot dog thief
Wallace MacDonald ... Spectator
Edgar Kennedy ... Tough hot dog customer
Al St. John ... Policeman
Charley Chase ... Spectator
Mack Sennett ... Customer
Henry Lehrman ... Spectator

Comments for Mabel's Busy Day

  • Baxter Martin on 09 February at 00:16

    “Mabel’s Busy Day” (1914, Mabel Normand)

    There’s not too much more to this story than a hot dog girl and a hustler prone to violence. Charlie manages to find a cop that’s smaller than him to start his beating on. He shows some funny moves in this film such as smacking Mabel behind him while he’s talking to a policeman. As it’s Chaplin’s 18th film overall and in 1914, he has begun to round out his character and not let himself dawdle for too long. There is enough action and quick sequencing in “Mabel’s Busy Day” that make this one of the more enjoyable and memorable 1914 Chaplin films.


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