Sunday, 9 February 2014

Released 100 Years Ago Today – 9 February 1914 (USA)

Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)


Stars: Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin 
Director: Mabel Normand
Writer: Henry Lehrman
Genre: Short/Comedy

Running Time: 17 min

Plot

In a hotel lobby an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied hup in her dog's leash, and falls down. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room. They run through various rooms. Mabel ends up in one of an elderly husband where she hides under the bed. Enter the jealous wife and Mabel's lover.

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