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Mabel's Strange Predicament is a 1914 American film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin, notable for being the first film for which Chaplin donned the costume of The Tramp, although his appearance in the costume in Kid Auto Races at Venice was released first.
Mabel's Strange Predicament: Directed by Mabel Normand. With Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Alice Davenport. In a hotel lobby, an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog's leash, and falls down.
- (2K)
- Short, Comedy
- Mabel Normand
- 1914-02-09
Explore the origins of slapstick comedy with “Mabel’s Strange Predicament,” a silent film classic that paved the way for the genre. Witness the birth of Char...
- 10 min
- Classic Movies of the World
Mabel's Strange Predicament is an American film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin, notable for being the first film for which Chaplin donned The Tra...
- 12 min
- 17.5K
- Charlie Chaplin Movies
Jul 24, 2021 · Mabel's Strange Predicament is a 1914 American film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin, notable for being the first film for which Chaplin donned the costume of The Tramp.
- 12 min
- 3.5K
- DEF GP
Mabel’s Strange Predicament is the first of several Keystone comedies in which Chaplin reprises in some form the comic drunk he had perfected for Fred Karno. Mack Sennett was surprised by Chaplin’s youth upon their first meeting as he expected him to be much older.
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Overview. A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
