Mabel Normand

The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap, 2d ed.

Timothy Dean Lefler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

251 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8758-2 (ISBN)

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American silent film actress Mabel Normand (1892-1930) appeared in a string of popular movies opposite stars like Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle. Tracing her life from humble beginnings to the heights of world superstardom, this book highlights Normand’s substantial yet largely overlooked contributions to film history and popular culture.

American silent film actress Mabel Normand (1892-1930) appeared in a string of popular movies opposite stars like Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle before dying of tuberculosis at 37. Her brief but remarkable career--which included directorial and writing credits and heading her own studio and production company--was eclipsed by scandal when police connected her to the unsolved 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor.Tracing her life from humble beginnings on Staten Island to the heights of world superstardom, this book highlights Normand's substantial yet largely overlooked contributions to film history and popular culture.

Timothy Dean Lefler is an author, artist, teacher and co-designer of The Beach Boys Historic Monument in Hawthorne, California. He lives in Rancho Cucamonga.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletevi

Preface

Introduction

1 • Hello Mabel

2 • Over the Garden Wall

3 • Staten Island Girl

4 • Venus Model

5 • The Griffith Touch

6 • Hide and Seek

7 • Keystone Mabel

8 • The Fun Factory

9 • Mabel at the Wheel

10 • Tillie

11 • Ice Cream for Breakfast

12 • Mabel in Close Up

13 • The Clock Strikes 12

14 • New Woman

15 • Mabel Inc.

16 • Goldwyn Girl

17 • Mickey

18 • Mabelescent

19 • Back to Mack

20 • Gates of Babylon

21 • Different Names

22 • Her Story

23 • The Edge of Murder

24 • Fatal Tales

25 • Sail Away

26 • To Live Through Pain

27 • Final Frames

28 • A Tender Goodbye

Epilogue

Appendix A: Filmography

Appendix B: Last Will and Testament of Mabel Normand

Appendix C: Transcript of Coroner’s Inquest, William Desmond Taylor Murder Case, February 4, 1922

Appendix D: Transcript of Mabel Normand’s Testimony at Arraignment of Horace Greer, aka Joseph Kelly, January 22, 1924, Los Angeles Courthouse

Appendix E: How to Be a Comedienne

Appendix F: Mabel’s Clothes and Possessions

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.11.2023
Zusatzinfo	88 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-8758-7 / 1476687587
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8758-2 / 9781476687582
Zustand	Neuware