A Perfect 36

A Perfect 36
Film still with Mabel Normand
Directed by	Charles Giblyn
Written by	Tex Charwate
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Mabel Normand Rod La Rocque
Cinematography	Louis Physioc
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	October 21, 1918 (1918-10-21)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A Perfect 36 is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn, written by Tex Charwate, and starring Mabel Normand and Rod La Rocque. ^[1] 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

• Mabel Normand as Mabel
• Rod La Rocque as O.P. Dildock
• Flora Zabelle 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. ^[2]

References

1. A Perfect 36 , retrieved August 19, 2018
2. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (26). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 42. December 21, 1918.

External links

• A Perfect 36 at IMDb
• A Perfect 36 in Fandango
• A Perfect 36 in Turner Classic Movies
• A Perfect 36 in The Moving Picture World Magazine
• A Perfect 36 lantern slide Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine at the Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery