A Dash Through the Clouds

A Dash Through the Clouds is a 1912 short American silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett, written by Dell Henderson and starring Mabel Normand. It has the distinction of being somewhat of an aviation film as Sennett employed the services of real life aviation pioneer, Philip Parmelee, a pilot for the Wright Brothers.[1]

A Dash Through the Clouds
Directed byMack Sennett
Written byDell Henderson
Produced byMack Sennett
StarringMabel Normand
Fred Mace
Philip Parmelee
CinematographyPercy Higginson
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • June 24, 1912 (1912-06-24)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English title cards)

The film provided a means through which Parmelee is preserved, as he died in a crash not long after the making.

Sennett had a penchant for working with and showcasing real-life daredevils and public personalities and hired a real-life pilot, Phil Parmelee, who was a national hero at the time. He would employ Barney Oldfield in a similar fashion a year later in Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life.

The prints of the movie are included in the Library of Congress and the George Eastman Museum film archive.[2]

Cast

other cast

References
  1. https://centuryfilmproject.org/2020/08/15/a-dash-through-the-clouds-1912/
  2. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DashThroughTheClouds1912.html


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