Mabel Normand's silent comedy classic Mickey broke box office records and was the most popular film of the silent era. In 1919, an article in The Tattler proclaimed, "Next to our President there is no better known character in the country today than Mickey." A century later, Mickey is entirely unknown to the general public. The film doesn't show up in the Top 200 Favorite Silent Films on Flickchart or the Top 200 Most Popular Films of the 1910s on Letterboxd. Mabel Normand is not the only early female filmmaker to be neglected by 20th Century historians. Her masterpiece deserves more attention from movie buffs and scholars than they have given it so far.
