''A Perfect 36'' is a 1918 American silent

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directed by

Charles Giblyn Charles Giblyn (September 6, 1871 – March 14, 1934) was an American film director and actor of the silent era. He directed nearly 100 films between 1912 and 1927. He also appeared in 23 films between 1914 and 1934. He was one of the foun ...

, written by Tex Charwate, and starring

Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...

and

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. The plot involves Normand's clothes being stolen in a mixup while she was swimming, necessitating her spending most of the film running around naked trying to straighten everything out.

Cast

as Mabel *

as O.P. Dildock *

Flora Zabelle Flora Zabelle (born Zabelle Mangasarian, April 1, 1880 – October 7, 1968) was a Broadway theatre, Broadway actress who appeared in several early silent films. Early years Zabelle was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turke ...

as Lena * Leila Romer as Landlady * Louis R. Grisel as The Constable * Edward Bernard as Sol Manheimer

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''A Perfect 36'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 4, of four closeups of the young woman on the diving board.

References

External links

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''A Perfect 36''
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''A Perfect 36''
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''A Perfect 36''
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''A Perfect 36'' lantern slide
at the Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery 1918 films 1918 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films shot in New York (state) Goldwyn Pictures films Films directed by Charles Giblyn 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub