Mabel at the Wheel
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Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin in the film
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Directed by | Mabel Normand Mack Sennett |
Produced by | Mack Sennett |
Starring | Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Harry McCoy Chester Conklin Mack Sennett Al St. John Joe Bordeaux Mack Swain William Hauber |
Cinematography | Frank D. Williams |
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Distributed by | Mutual Film |
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18 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film English (Original titles) |
Mabel at the Wheel is a 1914 American motion picture starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett.
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Synopsis
Charlie offers Mabel a ride on his two-seater motorcycle, which she accepts in preference to his rival's racing car. Unfortunately as they go over a bump, she falls off into a puddle. The rival, who has followed in his car, picks up the now stranded Mabel. He lets her drive, sitting tight beside her.
Charlie at last notices she is gone and falls off the bike. He sees them together now stopped and standing beside the car. They leave the car for a short while and Charlie lets down the rear tyre. His rival returns and is furious. They throw rocks at Charlie and he throws them back. The rival's friend appears and gets caught up in the rock-throwing confusion.
We cut to "The Auto Race" where Charlie hovers round the cars. The drivers usher him away when they see he has a sharp pin. Charlie stands puffing heavily on a cigarette. He uses his pin to get through the crowd, where he propositions Mabel and gets slapped. Charlie then whistles and two thugs appear and kidnap his rival just before the race starts. But Mabel decides to don his racing clothes and take the wheel in his place.
As the race progresses, despite a very late start, Mabel, with a co-driver beside her, manages to gain a lead of three laps. Charlie with his henchmen, tries to sabotage the race by using oil and bombs on the track. The oil temporarily spins Mabel's car, no.4, around and it goes backwards for a lap until the oil spins it around again to continue the right way. The car tips over on a bend but a group of men push the heavy Bentley V8 upright again. Meanwhile the rival escapes his ropes and sees Mabel driving his car. The crowd stand as she crosses the finishing line. The rival and his friend go to congratulate her. Meanwhile Charlie throws a bomb in the air and blows up both himself and his two thugs.
Cast
- Charles Chaplin - Villain
- Mabel Normand - Mabel
- Harry McCoy - Mabel's boyfriend
- Chester Conklin - Mabel's father
- Mack Sennett - Reporter
- Al St. John - Henchman
- Joe Bordeaux - Dubious character
- Mack Swain - Spectator
- William Hauber - Mabel's co-driver
- Dan Albert - Cheering Spectator (uncredited)
- Charles Avery - Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
- Charley Chase - Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Alice Davenport - Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
- Minta Durfee - Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
- Edgar Kennedy - Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
- Charles Lakin - Cheering Spectator (uncredited)
- Grover Ligon - Henchman (uncredited)
- Fred Mace - Dubious character (uncredited)
- Edward Nolan - Spectator (uncredited)
- Fred Wagner - Race Starter (uncredited)
See also
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Mabel at the Wheel at IMDb
- Mabel at the Wheel on YouTube
- Mabel at the Wheel is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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- Pages with broken file links
- 1914 films
- Articles with Internet Archive links
- 1910s comedy films
- 1910s short films
- American films
- American silent short films
- American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Keystone Studios films
- Mutual Film films
- Films directed by Mack Sennett
- Films directed by Mabel Normand
- Films produced by Mack Sennett