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Hello Mabel
Also known as On a Busy Wire in the USA
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Mabel Normand

Cast: Mabel Normand [Mabel, the ‘hello’ girl], Mack Swain [the married flirt], Harry McCoy [Mabel’s boyfriend], Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) [Mabel’s boss], Minta Durfee [the other operator], Harry Russell [the desk clerk], Charles Bennett [a businessman], Chester Conklin [a businessman], Jess Dandy [a businessman], Frank Opperman [a businessman], Fritz Schade [a businessman], Wallace MacDonald [a businessman’s assistant], Phyllis Allen [a woman in the hall], Charles Avery [a man in the phone booth], Alice Howell [a woman in the lobby], Al St. John [a man in the lobby], Josef Swickard [a man in the lobby], [?] Nick Cogley? [a businessman], [?] Billy Gilbert? [a man in the phone booth]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / No copyright registration. Released 8 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Completed or shipped? on 16 September 1914. The film was rereleased in the USA as On a Busy Wire.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Hotels - Communication: Telephones

Listing updated: 7 September 2014.

References: Fussell-Normand p. 258; Lahue-Kops p. 148; Lahue-Mack p. 296 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Dave Lewis.

 
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