The Fatal Mallet (1914)
- Directed by
- Mack Sennett
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 49 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Charlie Chaplin competes with another man for the attention of Mabel Normand. They use a large mallet as a weapon against each other and other romantic rivals.
slapstickplayfullightheartedfast-pacedsillychaoticromantic farce
What happens
The Fatal Mallet is a 1914 American silent short comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand. The film was written and directed by Mack Sennett, who also portrays one of Chaplin's rivals for Normand's attention. (Sennett and Normand were off-screen lovers during this period.) The Fatal Mallet is one of more than a dozen early films that writer/director/comedian Mabel Normand made with Charles Chaplin; Normand, who had written and directed films before Chaplin, mentored the young comedian. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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