A Dash Through the Clouds
1912 American film
- June 24, 1912 (1912-06-24)
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A Dash Through the Clouds is a 1912 short American silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett, written by Dell Henderson and starring Mabel Normand. It has the distinction of being somewhat of an aviation film as Sennett employed the services of real life aviation pioneer, Philip Parmelee, a pilot for the Wright Brothers.[1]
The film provided a means through which Parmelee is preserved, as he died in a crash not long after the making.
Sennett had a penchant for working with and showcasing real-life daredevils and public personalities and hired a real-life pilot, Phil Parmelee, who was a national hero at the time. He would employ Barney Oldfield in a similar fashion a year later in Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life.
The prints of the movie are included in the Library of Congress and the George Eastman Museum film archive.[2]
Cast
- Mabel Normand - Martha
- Fred Mace - Arthur (aka 'Chubby')
- Philip Parmelee - Slim, the aviator
- Sylvia Ashton - Carmelita, Young Mexican Woman
- Jack Pickford - Mexican boy who warns Chubby
- Kate Bruce - Old Mexican Woman
other cast
- William J. Butler - Townsman
- Edward Dillon - Carmelita's Objecting Relative
- Charles Gorman - Townsman
- Grace Henderson - Townswoman
- Harry Hyde - Townsman
- J. Jiquel Lanoe - Townsman
- Alfred Paget - Townsman
References
External links
- A Dash Through the Clouds at IMDb
- A Dash Through the Clouds available for free download at Internet Archive
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Films directed by Mack Sennett
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- At Coney Island (1912)
- The Joke on the Joker (1912)
- The Engagement Ring (1912)
- The Eternal Mother (1912)
- Did Mother Get Her Wish? (1912)
- Pants and Pansies (1912)
- The Mender of Nets (1912)
- The Fatal Chocolate (1912)
- A Spanish Dilemma (1912)
- Hot Stuff (1912)
- A Voice From The Deep (1912)
- Oh, Those Eyes (1912)
- Help! Help! (1912)
- The Brave Hunter (1912)
- The Fickle Spaniard (1912)
- The Furs (1912)
- When Kings Were The Law (1912)
- Helen's Marriage (1912)
- Tomboy Bessie (1912)
- Katchem Kate (1912)
- Neighbors (1912)
- A Dash Through the Clouds (1912)
- The New Baby (1912)
- The Tourist (1912)
- What The Doctor Ordered (1912)
- An Interrupted Elopement (1912)
- The Tragedy of a Dress Suit (1912)
- He Must Have A Wife (1912)
- Cohen Collects A Debt (1912)
- The Water Nymph (1912)
- The New Neighbor (1912)
- Riley and Schultz (1912)
- The Beating He Needed (1912)
- Pedro's Dilemma (1912)
- Ambitious Butler (1912)
- The Flirting Husband (1912)
- At Coney Island (1912)
- At It Again (1912)
- Mabel's Lovers (1912)
- The Deacon's Troubles (1912)
- A Temperamental Husband (1912)
- Mr. Fix-It (1912)
- The Rivals (1912)
- A Desperate Lover (1912)
- Bronw's Seance (1912)
- A Family Mixup (1912)
- A Midnight Elopement (1912)
- Mabel's Adventures (1912)
- The Drummer's Vacation (1912)
- The Duel (1912)
- Mabel's Stratagem (1912)
- King's Court (1912)
- Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912)
- Keystone Cops (1912)
- A Voice from the Deep (1912)
- Won by a Fish (1912)
- A Bandit (1913)
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- Cohen Saves the Flag (1913)
- The Foreman of the Jury (1913)
- The Gypsy Queen (1913)
- Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
- Murphy's I.O.U. (1913)
- A Noise from the Deep (1913)
- Peeping Pete (1913)
- The Riot (1913)
- Some Nerve (1913)
- The Telltale Light (1913)
- That Ragtime Band (1913)
- When Dreams Come True (1913)
- Mabel's New Hero (1913)
- The Fatal Mallet (1914)
- Hello, Mabel (1914)
- Tango Tangles (1914)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
- Love, Loot and Crash (1915)
- Love, Speed and Thrills (1915)
- My Valet (1915)
- The Other Man (1916)
- Oh, Mabel Behave (1922)
- The Good-Bye Kiss (1928)
- Girl Crazy (1929)
- Match Play (1930)
- Midnight Daddies (1930)
- I Surrender Dear (1931)
- One More Chance (1931)
- Hypnotized (1932)
- The Timid Young Man (1935)
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