A Dash Through the Clouds

A Dash Through the Clouds
Directed by Mack Sennett
Produced by Mack Sennett
Written by Dell Henderson
Starring Mabel Normand
Fred Mace
Philip Parmelee
Cinematography Percy Higginson
Production
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Distributed by General Film Company
Release dates
  • June 24, 1912 (1912-06-24)
Running time
12 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English title cards)

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. 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.

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