Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel

This is a comprehensive career study and filmography of Mack Sennett, cofounder of Keystone Studios, home of the Keystone Kops and other vehicles that showcased his innovative slapstick comedy. The filmography covers the more than 1,000 films Sennett produced, directed, wrote or appeared in between 1908 and 1955, including casts, credits, synopses, production and release dates, locations, cross-references of remade stories and gags, footage excerpted in compilations, identification of prints existing in archives, and other information. The book, featuring 280 photographs, also contains biographies of several hundred performers and technical personnel connected with Sennett.

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Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel

This is a comprehensive career study and filmography of Mack Sennett, cofounder of Keystone Studios, home of the Keystone Kops and other vehicles that showcased his innovative slapstick comedy. The filmography covers the more than 1,000 films Sennett produced, directed, wrote or appeared in between 1908 and 1955, including casts, credits, synopses, production and release dates, locations, cross-references of remade stories and gags, footage excerpted in compilations, identification of prints existing in archives, and other information. The book, featuring 280 photographs, also contains biographies of several hundred performers and technical personnel connected with Sennett.

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Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel

Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel

by Brent E. Walker
Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel

Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel

by Brent E. Walker

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This is a comprehensive career study and filmography of Mack Sennett, cofounder of Keystone Studios, home of the Keystone Kops and other vehicles that showcased his innovative slapstick comedy. The filmography covers the more than 1,000 films Sennett produced, directed, wrote or appeared in between 1908 and 1955, including casts, credits, synopses, production and release dates, locations, cross-references of remade stories and gags, footage excerpted in compilations, identification of prints existing in archives, and other information. The book, featuring 280 photographs, also contains biographies of several hundred performers and technical personnel connected with Sennett.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786457076
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 01/13/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 671
File size: 12 MB
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Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Brent E. Walker is a web developer and historian who has contributed to numerous film publications, DVD commentaries, and Turner Classic Movies. He lives in Long Beach, California.
Brent E. Walker is a web developer and historian who has contributed to numerous film publications, DVD commentaries, and Turner Classic Movies. He lives in Long Beach, California.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents



Preface and Acknowledgments     

PART I. MACK SENNETT AND THE MOVIES: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Introduction to Part I     
1. From Broadway to Biograph: Mack Sennett at the Biograph Company     
2. Creating a Legend: The Keystone Film Company in the Mutual Years     
3. One Point of the Triangle: Keystone Joins the Triangle Film Company     
4. On His Own: The Paramount–Mack Sennett Comedies     
5. The Feature Film Quest: Associated Producers and Associated First National     
6. Back on Two-Reels: The Sennett-Pathé Years     
7. Learning to Talk: Mack Sennett and Educational Pictures     
8. The Last Hurrah: Sennett and Paramount Publix     
9. Taking Early Retirement: The Post-Studio Years     

PART II. MACK SENNETT FILMOGRAPHY
Introduction to Part II     
The Biograph Company (1908–1912)     
Keystone Comedies Released by Mutual (1912–1915)     
Keystone Comedies Released by Triangle (1915–1917)     
Paramount–Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Famous Players–Lasky (1917–1921)     
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Associated Producers and Associated First National Pictures (1921–1922)     
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Pathé (1923–1929)     
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Educational (1928–1932)     
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Paramount Publix (1932–1933)     
Feature Films Produced by Mack Sennett (1914–1932)     
Other Mack Sennett Film Credits, and Appearances on Broadway, Radio and Television     
Theatrical Compilation Films Featuring Mack Sennett Footage     

PART III. BIOGRAPHIES OF KEYSTONE AND MACK SENNETT STUDIO PERSONNEL
Introduction to Part III     
Performers     
Creative and Technical Personnel     
Other Notable Personnel     

Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     
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