Mack Sennett's Fun Factory - Hardcover

Brent E. Walker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786436107 ISBN 13: 9780786436101

Publisher: McFarland, 2009

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive career study and filmography of the pioneering film producer and Academy Award winner 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 produced, directed, written by, or featuring Sennett 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 also contains biographies of several hundred performers and technical personnel connected with Sennett. There are 280 photographs and a huge index.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive career study of pioneering film producer Mack Sennett also details his studio and his works. A detailed filmography covers the more than 1,000 films produced, directed, written by, or featuring Sennett 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 also contains biographies of several hundred performers and technical personnel connected with Sennett.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0786436107
• ISBN 13: 9780786436101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 671