The Fatal Mallet - Charlie Chaplin

The Fatal Mallet (1919) starring Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennet, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain

The Fatal Mallet is pure slapstick from beginning to end. The film begins with Mack Sennet walking with his girl, Mabel Normand. Charlie Chaplin tries to steal her away, and when that fails, he begins throwing bricks at Sennet. Sennet throws them back, accidentally hits Mabel, etc. Mack Swain then enters the scene, and Mabel switches her attention to him as Charlie and Sennet are still fighting. The two realize what’s happened, and they sneak up behind Swain. Charlie hits him over the head with a brick – to no effect. They work together and hit him with two bricks at once. Only to have him remove his hat and look up, as though he felt a drop of rain …

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