MABEL IN LONDON TOWN | thekeystonegirlblogs

Mabel Normand happily waves goodbye to New York — then sneers.

It was in June 1922 that Mabel departed the shores of the United States for her European tour, which would begin in Southampton, England. Of course, she wasn’t the first Hollywooder to tour the old countries – notably Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks had preceded her. Mabel, however, had a different reason for leaving the U.S. […] There was a chance that she could be arrested and deported. She would slip into Britain quietly, and unbeknown to anyone, but those in the theatrical and movie business…

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