A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00042
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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28 BIRTH AND INFANCY Mack Sennett started his career as an actor with Biograph about the same time as Mary Pickford. Even in those days lie was bombarding Chief Director Griffith with ideas for scenarios— his principal one being that policemen were sure-fire comic material for pictures. Since his boss emphatically did not see eye to eye with him, Sennett had to be content acting in comedies with Mary Pickford and directing a few minor productions. In 1912 he left Biograph :o form his own unit, which he called the Keystone Company. Within a year his slapstick comedies were famous, and by 1914 he had hi^own studios. Here are some members of the original Keystone troupe who won their spurs under Sennett. 1,-eft to right: Thomas Meighan, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Teddie Sampson, Polly Moran, and Eddie Sutherland, Meighan's nephew and now a director and producer in his own right. BELOW Another still from The Squaw Man. Whatever squaw men died of, in those days, it wasn't starvation. -^M