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Mabel Normand, Keystone, 1914 (Chaplin is often credited too). He is a café waiter who passes himself off as a diplomat to get into her garden party. The two of them share the slapstick; she is the one who stays readable. A two-reeler from the months when Keystone was still making him up as he went.
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A waiter passing as a diplomat to get into her garden party. They share the slapstick; she stays readable while he mugs. Normand was twenty and more experienced than the man who would get the credit. Watch her hold a reaction. It costs less and lands harder.
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