#152 - Mabel Normand Never Got The Credit She Deserved

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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We discuss the career of early cinematic pioneer Mabel Normand and her work as an actor, director, and producer for the likes of Max Sennet and D.W Griffith. She was a fearless performer, helped mould Charlie Chaplin for the screen, and she starred and produced (with her own film production company) the biggest hit of 1918! Become a Patreon subscriber for $5 a month and get an exclusive episode every week! WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB This episode's letter topics include the proper etiquette when meeting your 'heroes', film twitter, and hamtastic performers. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is Justin the Kluwer, and her today with Will Sloan.
0:07.4	And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club. And today, who are we talking about, Will?
0:10.7	We're talking about one of the very first movie stars and one of the early female producers and directors.
0:16.9	That's right, it's Mabel Normand.
0:18.4	Mabel, who?
0:19.5	Mabel Norman. She worked with Max Senate at the Keystone Studios.
0:24.3	She worked with Charlie Chaplin.
0:25.7	She worked with Roscoe Faddy Arbuckle.
0:27.6	She worked with Hal Roach as well.
0:29.3	She was one of the very first movie stars.
0:31.8	She was one of the first female comedy stars.
0:35.3	And like so many, her career was eventually destroyed by scandal.
0:40.2	Wait, I remember who this is. Wasn't she portrayed by Marissa Tomey in the Charlie Chaplin biopic
0:46.6	chaplain, where she was a terrible, talentless hag who Dan Aykroyd playing Max Sennett at one point
0:53.6	tells Charlie Chaplin,
0:54.7	oh, we just wanted someone to stand up to her.
0:57.3	Well, you know, it's funny you should say that because my perception of Mabel Norman for many years,
1:01.5	and I think it, judging by that movie, it was probably many people's perception,
1:05.9	was based on one story of her interaction with Chaplin.
1:10.5	And this source comes from Chaplin's autobiography,
1:13.5	which was published in the 60s. He said, Now I was anxious to write and direct my own comedies,
1:18.9	so I talked to Senate about it, but he would not hear of it. Instead, he assigned me to Mabel
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