Mabel's Stratagem (1912)

Directed by Mack Sennett6m

Fred Mace plays a businessman with two secretaries. He gets playful with the second secretary, Mabel Normand. His wife, Alice Davenport walks in on him. He does some nice embarrassed husband pantomime. Davenport fires the two secretaries and tell Fred that he will only have male secretaries from now on. The next day, Mabel arrives in drag as a boy to apply for the job. The wife takes him into the next office and starts to make a pass at him.

Year

1912

Country

Language

English

Release date

29 December 1912

TMDB

5.0 (2)

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