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Mabel's Strange Predicament

191417 minUnited States
Comedy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
11:46
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Mabel Normand · Public domain

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Synopsis

Locked out of her hotel room in pajamas, Mabel tries to avoid a drunken guest and hides in another couple's room. Her boyfriend arrives at precisely the wrong moment, and the hiding place becomes evidence for suspicions no one has time to clarify. Doors, beds and adjoining rooms turn a minor accident into a chain of jealous confrontations.

Cast

DirectorsMabel Normand

Behind the scenes

Mabel Normand directed and starred in the comedy in which Chaplin first filmed the Tramp costume. Kid Auto Races at Venice reached cinemas earlier, so the order of production differs from the character's first public appearance.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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