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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...
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    the start of 1914, Chaplin first played his Tramp character in Mabel's Strange Predicament, although it wound up being the second Tramp film released; Normand...
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    Keystone Studios, when dressing up for the 1914 short film Mabel's Strange Predicament starring Mabel Normand and Chaplin. In a 1933 interview, Chaplin explained...
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    film to be produced that featured the character was actually Mabel's Strange Predicament; it was shot a few days before Kid Auto Races but released two...
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    The "Little Tramp" during the film "Kid Auto Races at Venice" Mabel's Strange Predicament The Thief Catcher (1914) with Charlie Chaplin (left) as a Keystone...
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    by the time I walked on stage he was fully born. The film was Mabel's Strange Predicament, but "the Tramp" character, as it became known, debuted to audiences...
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    a prop toothbrush moustache for his first film as the Tramp, Mabel's Strange Predicament (though Kid Auto Races at Venice was the first released). After...
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    Conklin co-starred with Mabel Normand in a series of films: Mabel's Strange Predicament, Mabel's New Job, Mabel's Busy Day and Mabel at the Wheel. In that...
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    Under-Sheriff (1914) A Robust Romeo (1914) Making a Living (1914) Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) The Star Boarder (1914) Caught in a Cabaret (1914) Caught...
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  • Mabel's New Hero (1913) Mabel's New Job (1914) Mabel's Stormy Love Affair (1914) Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) Mabel's Wilful Way (1915) Mabo (2012...
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  • dizziness associated with drunkenness were also featured in Mabel's Strange Predicament and other Charlie Chaplin movies. The cause of the spins is also...
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    (1914, Short) - Cop (uncredited) A Misplaced Foot (1914, Short) Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914, Short) Twenty Minutes of Love (1914, Short) - Sleeper...
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  • States Short 1914 Mabel's Strange Predicament Mabel Normand United States Short - A noisy, drunk, flirtatious tramp comes between Mabel and her lover Harry...
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  • The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although first filmed in Mabel's Strange Predicament, released two days later). February 8 – Winsor McCay's Gertie...
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    Lehrman-directed Kid Auto Races at Venice (7 February 1914) and Mabel's Strange Predicament (9 February 1914). Ritchie, who, due to a series of on-set injuries...
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  • Cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp (1922–2017) was his son. Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) The Stage Hand (1920)...
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    (1914) Mabel's Married Life (1914) Mabel's Busy Day (1914) Mabel's Blunder (1914) Caught in a Cabaret (1914) Mabel at the Wheel (1914) Mabel's Strange Predicament...
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    not the first time The Tramp was filmed, however; that was in Mabel's Strange Predicament, shot by H.F. Koenekamp, released after Kid Auto Races.: 21 ...
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    character of The Tramp is introduced to audiences (although Mabel's Strange Predicament was filmed earlier but released two days later) March 8 - Release...
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    (1914) Mabel Normand filmography Keystone and Triangle Films: 1914–1916 Mabel Normand DVD Silent Era : Home Video : The Actors: Rare Films of Mabel Normand...
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  • Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand Comedy Mabel's Strange Predicament Henry Lehrman Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand Comedy The Magic Cloak of Oz J. Farrell...
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  • The Rounders (1914), directed and written by Charlie Chaplin Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) A Film Johnnie (1914) A Busy Day (1914) Caught in a Cabaret...
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    Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice, (although first filmed in Mabel's Strange Predicament, released two days later). Died: Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer...
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  • fashion, landing them in the middle of various disasters and strangely embarrassing predicaments. National Lampoon's European Vacation was directed by Amy...
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  • directed by Sennett) Mabel's Adventures (1912, director and producer) The Drummer's Vacation (1912, director and producer) Mabel's Stratagem (1912, director...
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    indefatigably as some women cook or knit. Her gift for words and the cultural predicament of her time drove her to poetry instead of antimacassars ... She came ...
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  • Monkey" Dean Criswell Chuck Tately 118a "Candy Counter": George has gone to Mabel's Department Store where they find that a girl named Cayley has opened up...
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    against James docketed before Aug. 4." James made no comment about his predicament, only referring reporters back to his initial statements: Stubborn to...
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    Wandsworth Prison, to await execution. He voiced no concern over his predicament, although he did lodge an appeal against his conviction. His appeal was...
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    all sorts of things. My feeling in this is quite strong. Stein ignored Mabel's exhortations and published 1,000 copies of the book in 1914. An antiquarian...
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