Released 100 Years Ago Today – 1 June 1914

The Fatal Mallet (1914)

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett

Director: Mack Sennett

Writer: Mack Sennett

Keystone Film Company

Time: 18 min.

Three man will fight for the love of a charming girl. Charlie will play dirty, throwing bricks to his contender, and using a huge hammer to hurt one of them. But a precocious kid will be the fourth suitor in discord.

Cabiria (1914)

Stars: Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta, Bartolomeo Pagano

Director: Giovanni Pastrone

Writers: Gabriele D'Annunzio (titles), Titus Livius (book)

Genre: Adventure/Drama/War

Itala Film

Budget: 1 million Lira

Time: 200 min (original)

          137 min (1937 version)

          123 min (1990 restoration)

          190 min (2006 restoration)

Rating: Not Rated

Plot

Three centuries before Christus. Young Cabiria is kidnapped by some pirates during one eruption of the Etna. She is sold as a slave in Carthage, and as she is just going to be sacrificed to god Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by both Fulvio Axilla, a Roman noble, and his giant slave Maciste. Maciste is captured just after having confided Cabiria to Sophinisbe's safe keeping, while Fulvio Axilla manages to escape from Carthage. Ten years went away with Punic wars before he is able to come back to Carthage.