''Up in Mabel's Room'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring

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. It is based on the 1919 play of the same name by

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. The film was remade in 1944 starring

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Plot

Cast

as Mabel Ainsworth *

as Garry Ainsworth *

Phyllis Haver Phyllis Maude Haver (January 6, 1899 – November 19, 1960) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early life Haver was born in Douglass, Kansas to James Hiram Haver and Minnie Shanks Malone. When she was young, her family moved to L ...

as Sylvia Wells *

Harry Myers Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 ...

as Jimmy Larchmont *

Sylvia Breamer Sylvia Poppy Bremer (9 June 1897 – 7 June 1943), known professionally as Sylvia Breamer, was an Australian actress who appeared in American silent motion pictures beginning in 1917. Childhood and early career in Australia Sylvia Poppy Bremer ...

as Alicia *

Carl Gerard Carl Gerard (born Carl Gerhard Petersen; 28 September 1885 – 6 January 1966), sometimes credited as Carl Gerrard, was a Danish-American actor known for playing supporting roles. Biography Gerard spent much of his career in Los Angeles and ...

as Arthur Walters *

Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt ma ...

as Simpson *

William Orlamond William Anderson Orlamond (1 August 1867 – 23 April 1957) was a Danish-American film actor. Orlamond appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1938. Orlamond delivered his finest performance in director Victor Sjöström’s masterp ...

as Hawkins * Paul Nicholson as Leonard Mason * Maude Truax as Henrietta

Preservation status

A print of ''Up in Mabel's Room'' is held by the

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(MOMA).The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Up in Mabel's Room''
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* * 1926 films 1926 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Films directed by E. Mason Hopper Producers Distributing Corporation films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub