MABEL’S BUSY DAY

Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand

T.it.: Charlot e le salsicce; Scen.: Mabel Normand; F.: Frank D. Williams; Int.: Charles Chaplin (il «portoghese»), Mabel Normand (Mabel), Chester Conklin (sergente di polizia), Slim Summerville (poliziotto), Harry McCoy (il ladro di hot dog), Wallace MacDonald (spettatore), Al St. John (poliziotto), Charles Parrott [Charley Chase], Mack Sennett, Henry Lehrman (spetta- tori), Billie Bennett, Edgar Kennedy; Prod.: Keystone Film Company 35mm. L.: 304 m. D.: 17’ a 16 f/s. Bn.

info_outline
T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

Mabel’s Busy Day is frequently sullied by an ambiguous humour that mixes phallocracy with open aggression. Demonstrations of male pride and fear pervade the film in the interplay between the male and female characters. This behaviour demonstrates an un-deniable level of misogyny and a significant dose of lightly veiled sadism. This is fairly typical of many of the Keystone films of this period in which women, including the heroines, were mistreated, despised and debased by the male world through slapstick.

Thierry Georges Mathieu, La naissance de Charlot. Keystone – 1914, n.10, Ars Regula, 2001

 

In short

Italian Title
Charlot e le salsicce
Director: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand
Year: 1914
Country: Usa
Film Version

English intertitles

Sound
Mute
Edition
2005
Section
Chaplin project 2005

Copy From

Print restored at L’Immagine Ritrovata in 2005