Mickey (1918 film)
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Mickey is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film starring Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors...

, directed by F. Richard Jones
F. Richard Jones
Frank Richard Jones was an American director and producer.-Early life and career:Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dick Jones was sixteen years old when he became involved in the fledgling film industry in his hometown with the Atlas film company...

 and James Young, and written by J.G. Hawks. The movie was produced by the Mabel Normand Feature Film Company.

Plot

Mickey (Normand), an orphan brought up by miners in a mining settlement, unexpectedly finds herself in a triangle through no fault of her own after being sent to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 to live with her aunt.

Cast

  • Mabel Normand
    Mabel Normand
    Mabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors...

     as Mickey
  • George Nichols
    George Nichols (actor)
    George Nichols was an American actor and director. He appeared in 221 films between 1908 and 1928. He also directed 103 films between 1911 and 1916.He was born in Rockford, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California....

     as Joe Meadows
  • Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman was an American film actor.Usually appearing as a henchman in films, rarely a leading role, he appeared in over 280 films between 1912 and 1948....

     as Herbert Thornhill
  • Minta Durfee
    Minta Durfee
    Araminta Estelle "Minta" Durfee was an American silent film actress from Los Angeles, California, possibly best known for her role in Mickey .-Biography:...

     as Elsie Drake
  • Laura La Varnie
    Laura La Varnie
    Laura La Varnie was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 81 films between 1913 and 1930.She was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...

     as Mrs. Geoffrey Drake
  • Lew Cody
    Lew Cody
    Lew Cody, birth name Louis Joseph Côté was an American actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age....

     as Reggie Drake
  • Tom Kennedy
    Tom Kennedy (American actor)
    Tom Kennedy was an American actor best known for his roles in Hollywood comedies from the silent days, with such producers as Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, mainly supporting lead comedians such as the four Marx Brothers, WC Fields, Mabel Normand, Shemp Howard and Laurel and Hardy.-Career:For over 50...

     as Tom Rawlings
  • Minnie Devereaux
    Minnie Devereaux
    Minnie Devereaux was a Canadian silent film actress. Nicknamed "Indian Minnie" and "Minnie Ha-ha", Devereaux was a Cheyenne, the daughter of Chief Plenty Horses....

    as Minnie

Reception

Mickey was the highest grossing film of 1918, with a worldwide gross of $8,000,000 and made on a budget of $250,000.
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