Mabel Normand

Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892 - February 23, 1930) was a US film actress, who was a popular comedienne in silent films. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (420x610, 43 KB) Summary http://bosse-johansson. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (420x610, 43 KB) Summary http://bosse-johansson. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

Early career with Mack Sennett

Born Mabel Ethelreid Normand in Staten Island, New York, she lived in extreme poverty (her father was partially employed as a carpenter at Sailors' Snug Harbor home for elderly seamen) before she entered films in 1909 Normand worked as an artist's model, which included posing for postcards illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl image. She met director Mack Sennett and embarked on a tumultuous affair with him. Her first films portrayed her as a bathing beauty, but Normand quickly demonstrated a flair for comedy and became a star of Sennett's short films. She appeared regularly with Fatty Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin and wrote and directed some of Chaplin's early films. She is frequently credited with being the first person to throw a cream pie on film and remains universally acclaimed as silent cinema's most prominent comedienne. She directed films and made full-length features before either Arbuckle or Chaplin. For other uses, see Staten Island (disambiguation) Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ... See also: 1908 in film 1909 1910 in film years in film film Events none Births January 1 - Dana Andrews, actor (d. ... Supermodel Daniella Sarahyba. ... Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 _ December 23, 1944) was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of one of the first pin-up girls, the Gibson Girl. Woman Jurors by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902 He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. ... A USPS stamp depicting a Gibson girl The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during the first 15 years of the twentieth century. ... Mack Sennett (1880 - 1960) Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ... Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film comedian. ... Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. ...

In 1914 she starred with Chaplin and Marie Dressler in Tillie's Punctured Romance. She developed into a major film star, and as her relationship with Sennett came to an end she signed a contract in 1918 with Samuel Goldwyn and opened her own film studio in Culver City. See also: 1913 in film 1914 1915 in film years in film film Events The 3,300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. ... Marie Dressler (born November 9, 1868; died July 28, 1934) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian actress. ... Tillies Punctured Romance is the name of two early comedy films made in 1914 and 1928: Tillies Punctured Romance (1914 film), starring Charlie Chaplin Tillies Punctured Romance (1928 film), starring W. C. Fields This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... See also: 1917 in film 1918 1919 in film years in film film Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband. ... // Samuel Goldwyn (July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... Culver City Seal Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. ...

However, by this time she was becoming increasingly capricious and volatile. Her alcoholism, combined with an addiction to narcotics, damaged her health and career. She became involved in several love affairs, none of which were with anyone notable. Nonetheless, her breakup with Sennett seems to have caused Normand to re-evaluate her life and she embarked on a program of self-education, developing keen and lasting interests in reading and books. Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... The term narcotic, derived from the Greek word for stupor, originally referred to a variety of substances that induced sleep (such state is narcosis). ...

Career Destroyed

Director William Desmond Taylor shared these interests and also tried to help in her battle against addiction. The two formed a close relationship. However he was murdered in 1922 just fifteen minutes after Normand had left his home. As the last person to see him alive, Normand was closely scrutinised by police and the media. The murder was never solved. William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner April 26, 1872 in Carlow, Ireland – February 1, 1922 in Los Angeles) was a successful US film director and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 20s. ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely...

Reports of her drug use became public and her reputation suffered. Her past appearances in many films with Fatty Arbuckle, who was also involved in a widely reported scandal, did further damage. The following year she was involved in yet another scandal when her chauffeur Joe Kelly (an ex-convict it turned out whose real name was Horace Greer) shot and wounded Courtland Dines, one of Normand's many lovers, with her own pistol. Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film comedian. ...

For a few years she made no films but was signed by Hal Roach Studios in 1926 after director/producer F. Richard Jones, who had directed her at Keystone, offered her a second chance. At Roach, she made the film Raggedy Rose plus four others. Despite publicity support from the Hollywood community (including her friend Mary Pickford), moviegoers did not respond and after more than 250 films her career was essentially over. Harold Eugene Roach, Sr. ... Frederic Richard Jones (September 7, 1893 - December 14, 1930) was an American director and producer. ... Mary Pickford. ...

She also married actor Lew Cody in 1926, but her health was in decline. After an extended stay in a sanitarium she died from tuberculosis in Monrovia, California and was interred in the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles. Lew Cody (February 22, 1884 Berlin, New Hampshire - May 21, 1934 Beverly Hills, California) was an American silent film actor. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Monrovia is a city located in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... The Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese, located at 4201 E. Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles, California. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ...

Mabel Normand has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

In 1974, Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman wrote the musical Mack & Mabel, chronicling the romance between Normand and Mack Sennett. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Michael Stewart may refer to: Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, a British Cabinet Minister; Michael Stewart (playwright), a playwright and librettist; Michael Stewart (basketball), an NBA basketball player; Michael Stewart (footballer), an association football player. ... Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... Mack & Mabel is a Broadway musical play. ...

Humorous Quote

Say anything you like, but don't say I love to work. That sounds like Mary Pickford, the prissy bitch. Mary Pickford. ...

(Normand and Pickford were close friends)

Further reading

Jeanine Basinger (1999), chapter on Normand in Silent Stars, (ISBN 0-8195-6451-6).

Betty Harper Fussell (1982), Mabel: Hollywood's First I-Don't-Care Girl, (ISBN 0-87910-158-X).

External links

• Mabel Normand at the Internet Movie Database
• Madcap Mabel: Mabel Normand Website
• Normand and the William Desmond Taylor murder

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