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Mabel's Dramatic Career

Mabel's Dramatic Career

1913Short⏱️ 14m
ComedyShort
5.7
IMDB Rating
364 votes

Long after jilting his girlfriend, Mabel the kitchen maid, Mack is startled to see her onscreen at the local cinema.

Director
Mack Sennett
Writers
N/A
Stars
Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mack Sennett
Release Date
September 8, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 11
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
as Mabel, the Kitchen Maid
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
as Man in Audience
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
as Mack - Mabel's Sweetheart
Alice Davenport
Alice Davenport
as Mack's Mother
Virginia Kirtley
Virginia Kirtley
as City Girl - Mabel's Rival
Charles Avery
Charles Avery
as Farmer
Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling
as Actor
Billy Jacobs
Billy Jacobs
as Mabel's Son
Charles Inslee
Charles Inslee
as Film Director
Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson
as Driver

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Keystone Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

character name in title

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Beginnings of Self-Referential Comedy
by Cineanalyst2005-09-11

"The humor of "Mabel's Dramatic Career", as typical of Mack Sennett's Keystone, is crude, very unsubtle and outdated knockabout slapstick, but it's nonetheless interesting to see the origins of screen comedy. This Keystone short in particular is worth viewing for its self-referential farce; it's the beginnings of a trend that continues to this day of movies where the jokes are based in making fun of movies, including itself. The story has Mabel Normand becoming a movie star after leaving home and her former boyfriend, played by Mack Sennett. Sometime later, Sennet..."

📖 Synopsis

Long after jilting his girlfriend, Mabel the kitchen maid, Mack is startled to see her onscreen at the local cinema.