Mabel Normand

This book examines the life of silent film star Mabel Normand. Mabel spent her life and career as a movie star, director, writer, and studio head. This book highlights her enormous, yet long overlooked, contribution to film history and popular culture. It traces her life from humble beginnings on Staten Island to the heights of superstardom around the world. And it describes her spectacular fall into scandal and infamy that unfairly defined her life and legacy. This work is an attempt to re-claim Mabel Normand's rightful place in Hollywood history, and to tell the story of a remarkable life that ended much too soon.