Mabel's New Hero
About Mabel's New Hero
At the beach, a masher called Handsome Harry bothers Mabel. Fatty chases him off. Later an observation balloon gets loose with Mabel in it. Fatty goes after the balloon, and the Keystone Cops pile into the chase. He gets her down.
Cast & crew
More about Mabel's New Hero
Mack Sennett directed the one-reel comedy. It was released on August 28, 1913, and runs 10 minutes. Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle star, with the Keystone Cops. It was also known as Fatty and the Bathing Beauties.
Themes
Making
Sennett sets both rescues at the beach so the cops can collide with bathers while the balloon goes up.
Preservation
Prints are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Charles Inslee plays Handsome Harry. Virginia Kirtley plays Mabel's friend. Charles Avery, Edgar Kennedy, and Hank Mann play cops.
- The second rescue is an observation balloon, not a boat.
- A lantern slide was issued for the short.
- Wikipedia says the film can be viewed at the Internet Archive.
Scenes
- Fatty pulls Handsome Harry off Mabel.
- The observation balloon lifts with Mabel in it.
- The Keystone Cops join the chase under the balloon.
Also available
- Internet Archive (MabelsNewHero1913)
- Wikimedia Commons (Mabel's New Hero (1913) .webm)
