Wished on Mabel
About Wished on Mabel
Mabel and her mother sit on a bench in a park. Mabel's boyfriend, played by Roscoe Arbuckle, joins them, and the pair slip off to the lake. A thief cuts a watch from a ribbon at the mother's neck. The watch falls through a hole in his pocket. A park cop finds him between two rocks, knocks him out with a nightstick, and hauls him off. Fatty, Mabel, and her mother walk away together.
Cast & crew
More about Wished on Mabel
The English Wikipedia credits direction to Mabel Normand and places the shoot in Golden Gate Park. Silent Era credits Roscoe Arbuckle, dates the Mutual release to April 19, 1915, and records the working title Golden Gate Park Story. Mack Sennett produced.
Themes
Preservation
A print exists.
Notes
- Alice Davenport plays Mabel's mother. Edgar Kennedy plays the park cop.
- Joe Bordeaux, Glen Cavender, and Billy Gilbert are in the cast.
- While the couple are gone, a bee lands on Mabel's nose during a game of hide-and-seek by the lake.
- Silent Era lists the short as extant and in the public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- The thief cuts the watch from the mother's ribbon, then loses it through a hole in his pocket.
Also available
- Internet Archive (WishedOnMabel1915)
