Rookie Charlie Chaplin provides support to peppy Mabel Normand in his first film in the iconic Tramp outfit (Kid Auto at Venice Races was filmed later but released first). As is to be expected, his character here is far from the finished article - he's a drunken lout rather than a lovable underdog - but his comic genius is already apparent. Sadly, the rest of the movie falls far short of his standards, and Normand's shortcomings - or perhaps it's the pre-Chaplin's movie industry's lack of finesse - are obvious.
Review of Mabel's Strange Predicament
