Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret in a French re-issue as Charlot Garçon de Bar
Directed by	Mabel Normand
Written by	Mabel Normand
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Starring	Mabel Normand Charlie Chaplin Harry McCoy Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Minta Durfee Phyllis Allen
Cinematography	Frank D. Williams
Distributed by	Keystone Studios
Release date	April 27, 1914 (1914-04-27) [1]
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English (Original titles)

Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret is a 1914 short comedy film written and directed by Mabel Normand and starring Normand and Charlie Chaplin.[2]

Plot

Chaplin plays a waiter who fakes being the Prime Minister of Greenland to impress a girl. He then is invited to a garden party where he gets in trouble with the girl's jealous boyfriend. Mabel Normand wrote and directed comedies before Chaplin and mentored her older co-star.

Cast

• Mabel Normand - Mabel
• Charlie Chaplin - Waiter
• Harry McCoy - Lover
• Chester Conklin - Waiter
• Edgar Kennedy - Cafe proprietor
• Minta Durfee - Dancer
• Phyllis Allen - Dancer
• Josef Swickard - Father
• Alice Davenport - Mother
• Gordon Griffith - Boy
• Alice Howell - Party Guest
• Hank Mann - Cabaret Patron
• Mack Swain - Big Tough Man
• Billy Gilbert - Cabaret Patron
• Wallace MacDonald - Party guest

Reviews

The Moving Picture World's review said, "This is another two-reel comedy manufactured in Mack Sennett's comical factory out in Californy State [sic]. It caused so much laughter you couldn't hear what the actors was talkin'. Charles Chaplin was the leading fun maker."[3]

A reviewer for the New York Dramatic Mirror wrote, "Superlatives are dangerous epithets, especially when dealing with pictures. For that reason it is unwise to call this the funniest picture that has ever been produced, but it comes mighty close to it."^[citation needed]

See also

• Charlie Chaplin filmography
• List of American films of 1914

References

1. Walker, Brent E. (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland Inc. p. 293. ISBN 9780786457076. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
2. Caught in a Cabaret at silentera.com
3. "Comments on the Films". Moving Picture World. May 9, 1914. Retrieved June 7, 2020.

External links

• Caught in a Cabaret at IMDb
• Caught in a Cabaret on YouTube
• Caught in a Cabaret is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• lantern slide w/ title "The Jazz Waiter"