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Behind the Scenes with Fatty and Mabel 53
than he does himself. Some of my greatest stuff comes from the supposed dull brains of 'supers.' "
Looking through the door, I spied Mabel, all dressed up in velvet and furs. I leaned over to a camera man and told him I wanted an unusual picture of Mabel — one where she looked sad — then I went over to where she stood.
"Want to go for a ride?" she called.
The long, skinny fingers of fear clutched my heart, but bravely I answered: "Sure!"
She sent some one for her car, and I helped her up on a window seat, and asked her to tell me the history of her life while waiting for the buzz wagon.
I saw my camera man come up quietly, but paid no attention to him. Later, I found that he had taken the picture I asked for — while Mabel was talking to me.
."I was born in New York," she said, "and nearly all my life, it seems, has been spent in moving-picture studios. First, I was with the Vitagraph, then played for Mr. Griffith at the Biograph Company, and now I'm with the Keystone. You know, I am one of the original Keystone players. Four years ago, Mack Sennett broke away from the Biograph, and took Ford Sterling, Fred Mace, and myself with him. The four of us organized the Keystone Film Company.
"At first, it was a hard struggle. Money was scarce, and it was a long time before we were sure of our pay check at the end of each week. Our first picture was produced right here in Fort Lee, but we soon went W^est. This is my first trip back to good old NewYork in four years, that is, with the exception of a few days a year or two ago, when my mother was very ill.
"For a long time, I directed all the pictures I played in, the best known of which are the Chaplin series. Lately, however, I have given up that end of the game, finding enough to do with acting."
That was all the information this modest little actress would give on her great life. I'll add something that Miss Normand omitted, and say that she is the most popular comedienne in the world, and also the best. She is remarkably pretty, more charming off the screen than on, if that is possible, and as lovely as she is pretty. She is the champion woman swimmer and diver of the Pacific coast, and I look to see her capture many trophies East this coming summer.
She is athlete to a degree, and is fond of all outdoor sports, in many of which she excels her male competitors.
Miss Normand's car was brought to the door, and I hopped in, after bidding "Good by !" to Arbuckle and his various assistants.
"Going to the big city?" I queried, looking for a nice ride all the way home.
"Oh, dear, no!" she said. "I'll take you to the ferry; but I've got to hurry back to the studio to see the scenes we took to-day run off. You know, Roscoe never leaves the place until he O. K.'s or N. G.'s the day's work, and I always look it over with him. It keeps us busy."
A little more talk, and the ferry was reached. "Too bad you can't come across the river with me," I said, as I was about to leave the pretty little star.
"We might go right over, without
the ferry, if this car was a " Mabel
started, but I silenced her in time. This isn't an automobile-joke book.
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