Madcap Mabel is a 2010 dramatic 35-minute short film about a guilty reporter (played by Rudy Cecera) who had helped sensationalize the scandals that damaged the career of dying silent film comedian/writer/director Mabel Normand (Penelope Lagos).[2] The film depicts another of Charles Chaplin's leading ladies, Edna Purviance (Katie Maguire), as well as Normand's lover Mack Sennett (Ron Nummi) and young reporter Adela Rogers St. Johns (Elise Rovinsky), and was written by Cecera and directed by Dena Schumacher.

Madcap Mabel
Poster for the film
Directed byDena Schumacher
Written byRudy Cecera
StarringPenelope Lagos
Rudy Cecera
Release date
  • February 2010 (2010-02) (Yperia Film Festival)[1]
Running time
35 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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References

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  1. ^ ""Madcap Mabel" Starring Penelope Lagos Hits the Festival Circuit - Hollywood.GreekReporter.com". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Rudy Cecera’s Film on Silent Film Star “Madcap Mabel” Normand - July 2011", Westchester Magazine, 22 January 2010, retrieved 2010-01-22
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