Caught in a Cabaret
About Caught in a Cabaret
Charlie waits tables in a cheap cabaret under a rough boss. In the park he meets Mabel and, to impress her, says he is the prime minister of Greenland. She invites him to a garden party. Her jealous boyfriend is there. The pose collapses in front of the party.
Cast & crew
More about Caught in a Cabaret
Mabel Normand directed and, with Chaplin, wrote it. Mack Sennett produced. Frank D. Williams photographed. Keystone released it on 27 April 1914. The English Wikipedia times it at 30 minutes. Another listing says 16. Normand plays Mabel. Chaplin is the waiter. Harry McCoy is the lover. Edgar Kennedy is the cafe proprietor. Chester Conklin is another waiter. Minta Durfee and Phyllis Allen are dancers. Josef Swickard is the father. Alice Davenport is the mother.
Themes
Making
Normand puts the waiter’s lie in a park and collects on it at a garden party. The jealous fiancé is the person the prime minister cannot face.
Look
Frank D. Williams shot the cabaret, the park, and the garden party.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A print survives. Published timings are 30 minutes and 16 minutes.
Notes
- Greenland is the country he invents for the title.
- Mack Swain is a tough in the cabaret. Al St. John is billed.
- Gordon Griffith is the boy. Alice Howell and Wallace MacDonald are party guests.
- The Internet Archive identifier spells the title Caberet.
Scenes
- He tells Mabel he is prime minister of Greenland.
- The garden party, and the jealous boyfriend, test the story.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1914_04_27_CaughtinaCaberet)
- Wikimedia Commons (Caught in a Cabaret (1914) by Mabel Normand.webm)
