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 #:
00056
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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42 BIRTH AND INFANCY In that same year of grace, Sennett was disturbed by reports that D. W. Griffith was preparing a film to be shot on a scale never before attempted (just how right the reports were, you will see shortly). Determined not to be outdone, Sennett started work on a comedy to be equally colossal in its own way. Marie Dressier had starred in Tillies Nightmare on Broadway, and it was that play and that star Sennett chose for his forthcoming screen classic. Sennett spared no expense in making the picture, presenting a triple-threat cast— Dressier, Chaplin, Normand— and taking fourteen weeks to shoot it, in contrast to his usual procedure of grinding them out one a week. Tillie's Punctured Romance was a terrific hit. Besides presenting Marie Dressier as a definite screen personality, the film established Chaplin as a great comic star.