Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... The famous stars of the stage, film and literature have been great because, at some point, they differed from every one else. Pages 986-992. Mack Sennett was born Michael Sinnott on January 17, 1880 in Danville, Quebec, Canada, to Irish immigrant farmers. Co-founder/Treasurer of Associated Producers, Inc., formed in 1919. Sennett went on to produce more ambitious comedy short films and a few feature-length films.Many of Sennett's films of the early 1920s were inherited by Sennett made a reasonably smooth transition to sound films, releasing them through Earle Hammons's Educational Pictures. Hij was ook verantwoordelijk voor de slapstickfilms van The Keystone Cops. Search Britannica History at your fingertips He also produced short f All creative intellectual work consists of the development of individuality.


Mack Sennett A Celebration of the King of Comedy and his Studio, Films and Comedians. Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the King of Comedy.. Born in Melbourne, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the Biograph company of New York, and later opened Keystone Studios in Edendale, California in 1912.

on February 8, 1960. We never make fun of religion, politics, race or mothers. When he was 17, his parents moved the family to East Berlin, Connecticut, and he became a laborer at American Iron Works, a job he continued when they moved to Northampton, Massachusetts. A master of comic timing and effective editing, Sennett was a dominant figure in the silent era of Hollywood film production and was the first director of comedies to develop a distinctive Founder/President of Mack Sennett Comedies, a production company, formed in 1917. I called myself the king of comedy, but I was a harassed monarch. It was only in the evenings that I laughed. The time is past and almost forgotten when you could be sure of a laugh by merely making one of your actors walk up behind another and suddenly push him down or trip him, or do any one of the scores of stunts the old slapstick comedian was able to get away with. Sennett went on to produce more ambitious comedy short films and a few feature-length films.Many of Sennett's films of the early 1920s were inherited by Sennett made a reasonably smooth transition to sound films, releasing them through Earle Hammons's Educational Pictures. This doomed his attempt to re-enter the feature-film market with On January 12, 1934, Sennett was injured in an automobile accident that killed His last work, in 1935, was as a producer-director for Educational Pictures, in which he directed Mack Sennett went into semiretirement at the age of 55, having produced more than 1,000 silent films and several dozen In March 1938, Sennett was presented with an honorary Rumors abounded that Sennett would be returning to film production (a 1938 publicity release indicated that he would be working with For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Sennett was honored with a star on the Thomas, Bob (1954). Wednesday, April 1, 2015. According to the book by Thomas Gaddis, Robert "the Birdman" Stroud's brother Marc, at one point worked for Mr. Sennett. According to "The History of Sherlock Holmes" (E-GO Enterprises, c. 1975), Sennett played the role of Sherlock Holmes in 11 films from 1911-13. If those who are inclined to scoff at me will try their hand at directing just one of those comedies they designate as anything but art, I am pretty certain they will concede me my point. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. .

Lacking the courage and the opportunity, we like to see it done in the movies. His story is told in Silent Legend: The Mack Sennett Story, premiering Monday, April 18 on CBC’s Documentary channel. "Sennett Takes Sentimental Journey in Past at Reunion". In 1932, he was nominated for the Sennett often clung to outmoded techniques, making his early-1930s films seem dated and quaint. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." His actors, on the other hand, thought he was terrible on camera and always tried to dissuade him from appearing. Born in Melbourne, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the Sennett's work in sound movies was less successful, and he was bankrupted in 1933. Advised serial queen Helen Holmes to become an actress.

Was an inveterate chewer of tobacco, resulting in stained teeth.

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He was posthumously awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, in 2004. Departed from Triangle Film Corporation and Keystone Studios in 1917. His story is told in Silent Legend: The Mack Sennett Story, premiering Monday, April 18 on CBC’s Documentary channel.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. Sennett's bosses retained the Keystone trademark and produced a cheap series of comedy shorts that were "Keystones" in name only: they were unsuccessful, and Sennett had no connection with them.