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Mickey

  • 19181918
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 33m
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6.1/10
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Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett in Mickey (1918)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • F. Richard Jones
    • James Young
  • Writers
    • Hampton Del Ruth(story)
    • J.G. Hawks
  • Stars
    • Mabel Normand
    • George Nichols
    • Laura La Varnie
Top credits
  • Directors
    • F. Richard Jones
    • James Young
  • Writers
    • Hampton Del Ruth(story)
    • J.G. Hawks
  • Stars
    • Mabel Normand
    • George Nichols
    • Laura La Varnie
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    • 19User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    George Nichols in Mickey (1918)
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    Minta Durfee in Mickey (1918)

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    Mabel Normand
    Mabel Normand
    • Mickeyas Mickey
    George Nichols
    George Nichols
    • Joe Meadowsas Joe Meadows
    Laura La Varnie
    Laura La Varnie
    • Mickey's Aunt - Mrs. Geoffrey Drakeas Mickey's Aunt - Mrs. Geoffrey Drake
    Lew Cody
    Lew Cody
    • Reggie Drakeas Reggie Drake
    Minta Durfee
    Minta Durfee
    • Elsie Drakeas Elsie Drake
    • (as Minta Durffy)
    Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman
    • Herbert Thornhillas Herbert Thornhill
    Tom Kennedy
    Tom Kennedy
    • Tom Rawlingsas Tom Rawlings
    Minnie Devereaux
    Minnie Devereaux
    • Minnieas Minnie
    • (as Minnie Ha Ha)
    Joe Bordeaux
    • Stage Driveras Stage Driver
    • (uncredited)
    William Colvin
    • Butleras Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Stage Driveras Stage Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Clarence Lyndon
    • Groceras Grocer
    • (uncredited)
    Eva Thatcher
    Eva Thatcher
    • Cookas Cook
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • F. Richard Jones
      • James Young
    • Writers
      • Hampton Del Ruth(story)
      • J.G. Hawks
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    Storyline

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    As the surviving partner in a gold mining enterprise, Joe Meadows has also been raising his deceased partner's daughter, Mickey. Now that she is older, Joe plans to send her to live with her aunt Mrs. Drake in New York. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drake is hoping to have her daughter Elsie marry another mine owner, Herbert Thornhill, in order to alleviate the Drake family's financial struggles. When Thornhill goes to California to check on his mine, he meets Mickey and becomes fond of her. Later, when Mickey goes to New York to stay with the Drakes, she finds herself in an uncomfortable situation. —Snow Leopard
    • slapstick comedy
    • orphan
    • horse racing
    • female protagonist
    • aunt niece relationship
    • Plot summary
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    • Taglines
      • - Seven Parts -
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The highest grossing film of 1918, with a worldwide gross of $8 million on a budget of $250,000.
    • Goofs
      Palm trees and industrial bridges at the railroad station at Great Neck, Long Island, New York.
    • Quotes

      Herbert Thornhill: She's wonderful, Tom! I never expected to see her again - and now I've proposed to Elsie Drake. I'm in the devil of a mess!

      Tom Rawlings: Cheer up old man, you haven't actually been sentenced yet!

    • Alternate versions
      The April 17, 1920 issue of Ciné Pour Tous claims the version released in France was shortened.

    User reviews19

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Spunky Gal, Wicked Witch, Cute Animals, Dashing Gentleman: "Mickey" Has It All
    Mack Sennett and star Mabel Normand co-produced this 1918 silent comedy/melodrama which, surely, satisfied the era's moviegoers. Normand, a natural comedienne, plays "Mickey," an orphan raised by a rough and grizzled down-on-his-luck miner abetted by a corpulent, exasperated but loving woman-of-all-chores.

    Back East, New York to be exact, Mickey's aunt, as impecunious as she is extravagant, skirts with ruin as she hopes her daughter will win the affections of The Decent Man. Scheming mom and grasping daughter hope an engagement will bring them real solvency.

    Not too hard to guess what happens. As the piano music goes on - and on and on and on - the hero goes West to handle a mine boundary issue. He meets the sparkling Mickey and her menagerie before she leaves for the East with her miner guardian. But the seeds of love have been planted.

    Mickey's been cordially invited to live with auntie under that harridan's very mistaken and soon to be blown belief that the young girl is the key to a rich mine's bounty. Finding that to be very wrong, Mickey is ordered into domestic service by nasty auntie. Yep, Cinderella story, sort of. And we all know - as did the Great War audiences - how such stories MUST end. A happy Mickey and her guy.

    Sennett was a master at comedies that entertained without surprising. No dazzling or innovative cinematography here, just a guaranteed good hour and a half at the theater (or, now, in front of a TV).

    Normand strayed off the reservation of both respectability and sobriety not that many years after "Mickey" when she was at the height of popular acclaim with a Goldwyn contract. Stars didn't have the bounce-back capability many seem to enjoy today and her close association with two lurid murders, neither of which she was implicated in, hastened a downward spiral already in freefall.

    She died fairly young of tuberculosis, her career practically ended. But she remains alive in films that show the depth of comedic ability of a talented actress who could make audiences laugh without their ever hearing her utter a syllable. "Mickey" is one of her best efforts.

    In 1970, Bernadette Peters, who just opened in a well-received Broadway revival of "Gypsy," played Mabel in "Maude and Mack," a musical about the director/star duo. The play didn't do well on the Great White Way but it's become something of a staple for amateur theatrical groups. Normand would have appreciated that.

    Well worth renting or buying.

    8/10.
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    • May 8, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 1918 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Micky
    • Filming locations
      • 24th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Mabel Normand Feature Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $125,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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