
A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish noblewoman in an earlier life. The girl begins to live the part of the Spanish noblewoman and romance and comedy ensue.

Pearl Lenore Curran, Gerald C. Duffy
United States

The Metaphysical Slapstick of Mabel Normand There is a peculiar, almost haunting quality to the way 1920’s What Happened to Rosa approaches the concept of identity. While many of its contemporaries were preoccupied with the visceral realities of the post-war era, this film, penned by the fascinating Pearl Lenore Cur...

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Victor Schertzinger

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" The Metaphysical Slapstick of Mabel Normand There is a peculiar, almost haunting quality to the way 1920’s What Happened to Rosa approaches the concept of identity. While many of its contemporaries were preoccupied with the visceral realities of the post-war era, this film, penned by the fascinating Pearl Lenore Curran and Gerald C. Duffy, dives headlong into the nebulous world of spiritualism and reincarnation. It is a vehicle for the incomparable Mabel Normand, whose screen presence was oft..."


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