Characters
- Mack Sennett — A workaholic movie director
- Mabel Normand — A deli delivery girl who becomes a movie star. Mack reluctantly becomes romantically involved with her.
- William Desmond Taylor — A "serious" director, and rival for both Mabel's acting talents and her affections
- Kleiman — An accountant
- Fox — Kleiman's partner
- Frank Wyman — An actor/writer, and later a director
- Lottie Ames — A silent movie star
Subsequent revisions of the show have changed some character names to their real life counterparts from the era.
- Frank Wyman - Frank Capra
- Fatty - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
- Kleiman - Adam Kessell
- Fox - Charles O. Bauman
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