Mabel's Stratagem

Mabel's Stratagem

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.

Release Date

December 29, 1912

Status

Released

Original Title

Mabel's Stratagem

Runtime

6min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Production Companies

Keystone Film Company