The Extra Girl (1923)

THE EXTRA GIRL  (1923)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: F. Richard Jones
    Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols,
    Anna Hernandez, Vernon Dent, Ramsey Wallace
A relatively late Mabel Normand vehicle, with Mabel as a girl who runs off to Hollywood hoping to become a star and lands a job as an assistant in the wardrobe department. There's almost as much melodrama as comedy in this, but it's an interesting behind-the-scenes peek at the dream factory, and the part with the lion should get your attention if nothing else does. I don't know what they did to direct and film the lion, but that looks like one seriously pissed-off cat.