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- Release Date: 1914
- Runtime: 18 min
- Genre: Comedy, Short
- Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Mack Swain ... see all
- Director: Mack Sennett
- Plot: Charlie throws a brick at a man and woman and gets it thrown back at him. The rivals fight. The lady leaves with a third suitor. Charlie finds a wooden... Read more
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Ah, the mallet, for when bricks just won't do the trick!
May 10, 2007
Michael DeZubiria - imdb.com
May 10, 2007Michael DeZubiria - imdb.com
The Fatal Mallet is full of unexplained, unnecessary, and gratuitous 1914 violence, like most of Chaplin's films for Keystone, but at least the plot is very easy to follow because it stays simple and doesn't try to tell more of... Full review
Mabel stars
Feb 20, 2007
Igenlode Wordsmith - imdb.com
Feb 20, 2007Igenlode Wordsmith - imdb.com
Rather to my surprise, I actually quite liked this one. Considering that I don't care for slapstick, that the entire plot of this film consists of people hitting each other, and that I'm not Charlie Chaplin's greatest fan, this was... Full review
Bonking people on the head
May 23, 2006
planktonrules - imdb.com
May 23, 2006planktonrules - imdb.com
In 1914, Charlie Chaplin began making pictures. These were made for Mack Sennett (also known as "Keystone Studios") and were literally churned out in very rapid succession. The short comedies had very little structure and were completely ad libbed. As... Full review
Mabel's Trilemma
Nov 07, 2002
boblipton - imdb.com
Nov 07, 2002boblipton - imdb.com
A nice little comedy, in which Mabel has three suitors: Charlie, Mack Swain and Mack Sennett. Although Sennett's character -- a country bumpkin with a face that looks like he's been eating lemons -- never appealed to me, he does... Full review
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