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ARTICLES RELATED TO Mack Sennett | | | |  Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Mack Sennett - Keystone StudiosBorn Michael Sinnott in Richmond, Quebec, Canada Sennett was a son of Irish Catholic immigrant farmers; his father was a blacksmith in the small Eastern Townships village. At age seventeen his family moved to Connecticut.
In New York City, Sennett became a singer, dancer, clown, actor (mostly playing low comedy parts, usually oafish rural types), set designer and director for Biograph. With financial backing from Adam Kessel and Charles O. Bauman of the New York Motion Picture Company, in 1912 Sennett founded Keystone Studios i ...
See also:Mack Sennett, Mack Sennett - Keystone Studios, Mack Sennett - Move to Pathé, Mack Sennett - Experiments awards and bankruptcy, Mack Sennett - Death, Mack Sennett - Legacy Read more here: » Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Mack Sennett - Keystone Studios |
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia - Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was a British born, later American naturalized, actor, the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable director. His principal character was "The Tramp": a vagrant with the refined manners and dignity of a gentleman who wears a tight coat, oversized pants and shoes, a derby or bowler hat, a bamboo cane, and his signature square mustache. Chaplin was one of the most creative personalities in the silent film era; he acted in, directed ...
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia - Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902–December 22, 1979) was a producer, writer, actor and director who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as its longest survivor.
Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of a hotelier of Dutch descent. At six, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles, where the better climate could improve her poor health. Nearby studios, at eight, he found his first movie job as an extra. His disapproving father, recalled him back to Nebraska. In 1917, despite being fourteen, he deceived ...
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - America According to immigration records, he arrived in the United States with the Karno troupe on October 2, 1912. In the Karno Company was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as Stan Laurel. Chaplin and Laurel wound up sharing a room in a boarding house. Stan Laurel returned to England but Chaplin remained in the United States. Chaplin's act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett, who hired him ...
See also:Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin - Birth, Charlie Chaplin - Childhood, Charlie Chaplin - Stage, Charlie Chaplin - America, Charlie Chaplin - Auteur, Charlie Chaplin - United Artists, Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin - Politics, Charlie Chaplin - McCarthyism, Charlie Chaplin - Academy Award, Charlie Chaplin - Marriages, Charlie Chaplin - Mildred Harris, Charlie Chaplin - Lita Grey, Charlie Chaplin - Oona O'Neill, Charlie Chaplin - Knighted, Charlie Chaplin - Death, Charlie Chaplin - Misinformation, Charlie Chaplin - Legacy, Charlie Chaplin - Media, Charlie Chaplin - Trivia, Charlie Chaplin - Filmography, Charlie Chaplin - Short films as actor, Charlie Chaplin - Feature films, Charlie Chaplin - Notes Read more here: » Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - America |
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Fatty Arbuckle - Scandal At the height of his career, Arbuckle was under contract to Paramount Studios for $1 million a year, the first such official salary paid by a Hollywood studio. On September 3, 1921, Arbuckle took a break from his hectic film schedule, driving to San Francisco with two friends, Lowell Sherman and Fred Fischbach. The three checked into the St. Francis Hotel. The three decided to have a party and invited several women to their suite. During the carousing, one of the women, a 26-year-old aspiring actress named Virginia Rappe (pronounced 'rap-PAY ...
See also:Fatty Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle - Birth and early career, Fatty Arbuckle - Size and skill, Fatty Arbuckle - Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle - Scandal, Fatty Arbuckle - Second marriage, Fatty Arbuckle - Late career, Fatty Arbuckle - Third marriage, Fatty Arbuckle - Death, Fatty Arbuckle - Media, Fatty Arbuckle - Selected coverage in the New York Times Read more here: » Fatty Arbuckle: Encyclopedia II - Fatty Arbuckle - Scandal |
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Bing Crosby - Popular success In 1926, Crosby caught the eye of Paul Whiteman (a.k.a The King of Jazz) while singing on the vaudeville in Los Angeles. Hired to join one of the most popular bands in America, the fledgling vocalist would receive a musical education from the greatest musicians of the era. Unlike the typical vaudeville "shouters," he learned to work the microphone (and the crowd) drawing the audience in with his smooth, gentle crooning.
Bing soon became the star attraction of the band and sang Whiteman's biggest hit of 1928, "Ol' Man River." However, ...
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Cinema of Canada - Audience Although Canadian films have often received critical praise, and the National Film Board has won more Academy Awards than almost any other institution (for both their animation and documentary work), it is almost a national joke that Canadian films fail to make back their production costs at the box office. One This Hour Has 22 Minutes sketch parodied an Atom Egoyan-type director whose films had won numerous international awards, but had never actually been released in theatres. With the exception of a few Quebec films (e.g. Les Bo ...
See also:Cinema of Canada, Cinema of Canada - Audience, Cinema of Canada - Meatballs, Cinema of Canada - The future, Cinema of Canada - Notable films, Cinema of Canada - Directors, Cinema of Canada - Producers, Cinema of Canada - Writers, Cinema of Canada - Further readings Read more here: » Cinema of Canada: Encyclopedia II - Cinema of Canada - Audience |
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| | | | Mack Sennett: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - Biography
Charlie Chaplin - Early Childhood.
He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889, although as the book Passport to Hollywood:Film Immigrants Anthology (ISBN#0-07-070053-2) points out (page 26) There is some doubt whether April 16 is actually his birthday,and it is possible he was not born in 1889. Until someone proves otherwise, however, we may as well assum ...
See also:Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin - Biography, Charlie Chaplin - Early Childhood, Charlie Chaplin - Move to America, Charlie Chaplin - Chaplin as Auteur, Charlie Chaplin - Chaplin's Politics, Charlie Chaplin - Chaplin: The Later Years, Charlie Chaplin - Private life, Charlie Chaplin - Media, Charlie Chaplin - Trivia, Charlie Chaplin - Filmography, Charlie Chaplin - Short films as actor, Charlie Chaplin - Feature films Read more here: » Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - Biography |
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