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Phyllis Allen
Phyllis Allen (November 25, 1861 – March 26, 1938) was an American vaudeville and silent screen comedian. She worked with Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Mack Sennett during a film career spanning 74 movies in the decade between 1913 and 1923. Due to her imposing demeanour and perennially haughty expression, she was quite similar in appearance to fellow screen comedian Marie Dressler. Partial filmography *''Forced Bravery'' (1913) *''Murphy's I.O.U.'' (1913) *''Peeping Pete'' (1913) *''The Riot'' (1913) *''Mother's Boy'' (1913) *'' Two Old Tars'' (1913) *'' Fatty at San Diego'' (1913) *'' Rebecca's Wedding Day'' (1914) *''A Robust Romeo'' (1914) *''A Busy Day'' (1914) *'' Love and Bullets'' (1914) *''Caught in a Cabaret'' (1914) *'' The Rounders'' (1914) *'' Hello, Mabel'' (1914) *'' Lover's Luck'' (1914) *''Gentlemen of Nerve'' (1914) *'' His Trysting Place'' (1914) *'' Getting Acquainted'' (1914) *'' Leading Lizzie Astray'' (1914) *'' Tillie's P ...
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Mack Swain
Mack Swain (born Moroni Swain; February 16, 1876 – August 25, 1935) was an early American film actor, who appeared in many of Mack Sennett’s comedies at Keystone Studios, including the Keystone Cops series. He also appeared in major features by Charlie Chaplin. Early years Swain was born on February 16, 1876 to Robert Henry Swain and Mary Ingeborg Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah and was educated in Salt Lake City's public schools. He ran away from home at age 15, joining a minstrel show. His mother took him home after one performance, but he persuaded her to let him continue in entertainment. Career In the early 1900s, Swain had his own stock theater company, which performed in the western and midwestern United States. Swain worked in vaudeville before starting in silent film at Keystone Studios under Mack Sennett. While with Keystone, he was teamed up with Chester Conklin to make a series of comedy films. With Swain as "Ambrose" and Conklin as the grand mus ...
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Peeping Pete
''Peeping Pete'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Pete's wife * Charles Avery * Peggy Pearce Peggy Pearce (born Velma Pearce; June 4, 1894 – February 26, 1975) was an American film actress of the silent era. She worked primarily in short subjects at the L-KO Kompany and Keystone Studios. She appeared alongside stars including C ... * Nick Cogley as Sheriff * Dot Farley * Mack Sennett as Pete * Ford Sterling as Neighbor See also * List of American films of 1913 * Fatty Arbuckle filmography External links * ''Peeping Pete''on YouTube 1913 films 1913 comedy films 1913 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Mack Sennett Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ...
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Gentlemen Of Nerve
''Gentlemen of Nerve'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film directed by Charles Chaplin, starring Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and produced by Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios. Plot Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up. Reviews A reviewer from Bioscope wrote, "Charles Chaplin, as the very broke gentleman who is anxious to make love to all the pretty girls assembled to watch some daring motor-races, manages to obtain an abundance of humor out of every situation. It is just the type of film that audiences have grown to appreciate with great gusto." Motion Picture News commented, " Charlie, Chester and Mabel attend an auto race. Results? As laughable as were ever pictured." Cast * Charles Chaplin - Mr. Wow-Woe * Mabel Normand - Mabel * Chester Conklin - Mr. Walrus * Mack Swain - Ambrose * Phyllis Allen - Flirty w ...
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Lover's Luck
''Lover's Luck'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty * Minta Durfee as The Girl * Al St. John as Fatty's Rival * Josef Swickard as The Girl's Father * Phyllis Allen as The Girl's Mother * Frank Hayes as Justice of the Peace * Slim Summerville as A Villager * Alice Howell as Leader of Snoopy Neighbors * Luke the Dog as uncredited See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he dir ... External links * 1914 films Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle 1914 comedy films 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films ...
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Hello, Mabel
''Hello, Mabel'' (also known as ''On a Busy Wire'') is a 1914 American short silent comedy film produced and directed by Mack Sennett and starring Mabel Normand. The supporting cast features Charley Chase, Al St. John, Minta Durfee, and Mack Swain. Cast * Mabel Normand as Mabel * Phyllis Allen as Woman in hall * Charley Chase as Mabel's boss * Chester Conklin as Businessman * Alice Davenport as His wife * Minta Durfee * Al St. John as Man in lobby * Mack Swain Mack Swain (born Moroni Swain; February 16, 1876 – August 25, 1935) was an early American film actor, who appeared in many of Mack Sennett’s comedies at Keystone Studios, including the Keystone Cops series. He also appeared in major fe ... as A married flirt External links * 1914 films 1914 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent short films Films directed by Mack Sennett American black-and-white films 1914 short films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{ ...
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The Rounders (1914 Film)
''The Rounders'' is a 1914 comedy short starring Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. The film involves two drunks who get into trouble with their wives, and was written and directed by Chaplin. Plot A drunk reveller, Mr. Full, returns home to a scolding from his wife. Then his equally inebriated neighbor, Mr. Fuller, comes home and starts a fight with his wife. When Mrs. Full hears the physical altercation across the hall (Mr. Fuller starts strangling his wife after she hits him), she sends her husband to investigate. The two wives begin arguing, while Mr. Full and Mr. Fuller seize the opportunity to steal their wives’ money and flee together to a cafe, where they also cause trouble. When their spouses find them, they escape to a leaky rowboat on a pond. Safely out of reach of their wives and the victims of the commotion they caused, they fall asleep, oblivious to the rising water into which they eventually disappear. Cast * Charlie Chaplin as Mr. Full * Roscoe Arbuckle as M ...
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Caught In A Cabaret
''Caught in a Cabaret'' is a 1914 short comedy film written and directed by Mabel Normand and starring Normand and Charles Chaplin. Plot Chaplin plays a waiter who fakes being the Prime Minister of Greenland to impress a girl. He then is invited to a garden party where he gets in trouble with the girl's jealous boyfriend. Mabel Normand wrote and directed comedies before Chaplin and mentored her young co-star. Cast * Mabel Normand - Mabel * Charles Chaplin - Waiter * Harry McCoy - Lover * Chester Conklin - Waiter * Edgar Kennedy - Cafe proprietor * Minta Durfee - Dancer * Phyllis Allen - Dancer * Josef Swickard - Father * Alice Davenport - Mother * Gordon Griffith - Boy * Alice Howell - Party Guest * Hank Mann - Cabaret Patron * Mack Swain - Big Tough Man * Billy Gilbert - Cabaret Patron * Wallace MacDonald - Party guest Reviews The Moving Picture World's review said, "This is another two-reel comedy manufactured in Mack Sennett's comical factory out in Californy State ...
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Love And Bullets (1914 Film)
''Love and Bullets'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Charley Chase * Charles Murray * Mack Swain See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he dir ... References External links * 1914 films Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1914 comedy films Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ...
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A Busy Day
''A Busy Day'' is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain. Plot In ''A Busy Day'', a wife (played by an energetic Charlie Chaplin) becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman during a military parade. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director and a police officer. Finally, the husband pushes the wife off a pier and she falls into the harbor. Notes According to the 1965 book ''The Films of Charlie Chaplin'', ''A Busy Day'' is the first of three films in which Chaplin plays a woman. The other two were '' The Masquerader'' (1914) and '' A Woman'' (1915). Chaplin used the wardrobe of fellow Keystone player Alice Davenport. It was typical for Mack Sennett to shoot Keystone comedies using real events—such as a parade—as the background for comic mayhem. This short film (about half a reel) was shot near San Pedro Harbor in less than two hours. In it, one can see interesting glimpses of ...
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A Robust Romeo
''A Robust Romeo'' is a 1914 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Emma Clifton * Alice Davenport * Ford Sterling * Mack Swain See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he di ... External links * 1914 films 1914 comedy films 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Nichols Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ...
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Rebecca's Wedding Day
''Rebecca's Wedding Day'' is a 1914 American short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Minta Durfee * Billy Gilbert (as Little Billy Gilbert) See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he dir ... References External links * 1914 films 1914 comedy films 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Nichols Silent American comedy films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ...
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Fatty At San Diego
''Fatty at San Diego'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Fatty * Mabel Normand - Mabel * Phyllis Allen * Minta Durfee * Henry Lehrman * Ford Sterling See also * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter Roscoe Arbuckle. Films marked with a diamond (♦) were directed by and featured Arbuckle. He used the name William Goodrich on the films he dir ... References External links * 1913 films Silent American comedy films 1913 comedy films 1913 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by George Nichols American comedy short films Films set in San Diego Films shot in San Diego 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ...
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