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unusual facts about Mabel Normand


Herbert Yates

Notable among Yates' contributions to the lot are the Mabel Normand sound stage, built during the war and later home to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and an award-winning music scoring auditorium that has hosted such famous names as Aaron Copland and Artur Rubinstein.


Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913) is a silent comedy short, directed and produced by Mack Sennett and starring Sennett, Mabel Normand, and Barney Oldfield as himself.

Biograph Studios

Griffith found and developed for the company stars such as Mary Pickford; the Gish sisters, Lillian and Dorothy; Lionel Barrymore; Mabel Normand; Harry Carey and director Mack Sennett.

Joan of Plattsburg

Joan of Plattsburg is a 1918 propaganda drama film co-directed by William Humphrey and George Loane Tucker, written by Tucker from a story by Porter Emerson Browne, photographed by Oliver T. Marsh, released by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and starring Mabel Normand.

Keystone Studios

Many other important actors also worked at Keystone toward the beginning of their film careers, including Marie Dressler, Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle, Gloria Swanson, Louise Fazenda, Raymond Griffith, Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin, Harry Langdon, Al St. John and Chester Conklin.

Mabel Lost and Won

Mabel Lost and Won is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Mabel Normand and Owen Moore.

Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar

These included the mysterious shooting death of film director William Desmond Taylor, and the subsequent evasive testimony concerning it by actress Mabel Normand, which helped destroy her career.

The Slim Princess

The Slim Princess is a 1920 comedy film starring Mabel Normand, directed by Victor Schertzinger, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and written by Gerald C. Duffy from a story by George Ade.


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