Mabel at the Wheel - Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin

Mabel at the Wheel (1914), starring Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin

In Mabel at the Wheel, Charlie Chaplin is not playing his familiar tramp clown, but a generic movie villain. The basic premise has the villainous Charlie trying to win a race by hook or crook, as well as trying to impress Mabel Normand. At the time, she was one of Keystone’s biggest stars.