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Born in Richmond, Quebec, Sennett was a son of Irish immigrants. His father was a blacksmith.
Sennett was a singer, dancer, clown, actor, set designer and director for Biograph , and founded Keystone Studios in 1912 together with Adam Kessel . Many important actors were discovered by him and started their career at Keystone. Those include Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Griffith , Gloria Swanson, Ford Sterling , the Keystone Kops and many more.
Sennett first acted in films at Biograph studios , playing low comedy parts, usually oafish rural types. His chance at directing came in 1912 at the new Keystone brand. His fast-paced knockabout style and good distribution as part of the Mutual program, insured recognition of the Keystone trade mark as well as his stars and his own name. In a very short space of time, that name became synonymous with screen comedy. In fact, when he left to produce independently, to be released by Paramount in 1917, he didn't fight to take the Keystone Brand with him, his own name proved more valuable.
Into the 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t, his short subjects were in demand, with stars such as Billy Bevan , Harry Gribbon , Vernon Dent , Alice DayThis article is about Alice Day the actor. For information about the day celebrated by pedophiles, see Childlove movement Alice Day ( November 7, 1905 May 25, 1995 was a film actor who began her career with the Mack Sennett studios as a bathing beauty., Ralph Graves , Charley Murray , and Harry Langdon . He even mounted a few features with his brightest stars such as Ben TurpinBen Turpin (c. 1872 July 1, 1940) was a comedian, best remembered for his work in silent films. Turpin was born Benjamin T. Turpin in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a candy store owner. His birthdate is usually given as September 17, but various years and Mabel NormandMabel Normand ( November 16, 1892 February 20, 1930) was a US film actress, who was a popular comedienne in silent films. Born Mabel Ethelreid Normand in Staten Island, New York, Normand worked as an artist's model before entering films in 1910. She met d.
In an ultimately poor business move in the mid 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t, he moved over to PathéPath or Pathe Freres is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the Pathe Brothers of France. This article deals with their movie company. For their phonograph and record business, see Pathe Records. Founded as Societe Pathe Freres in distributors, which although had a huge exchange, made bad decisions, such as handling too many comedies at once, including Sennett's main competitor, Hal RoachFor the Irish comedian, see Hal Roach (comedian Harold Eugene Roach ( January 14, 1892 November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer from 1910s to 1980s, born in Elmira, New York. During the 1920s and 1930s, he employed stars such as Haro. In 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu, Hollywood's two top studios, Paramount and MGM, seeing the profits coming in from short-subject companies like Pathé and Educational, both got back into their own distribution and production after several years. Roach signed up with MGM, leaving Sennett now by himself at Pathe, but they were now on hard times because the hundreds of exhibitors that used to take their shorts had switched to the new MGM or Paramount subjects.
In 1928, Sennet bought property in the San Fernando Valley on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, founding his 38 acre (154,000 m²) Keystone Studios.
Though Sennett occasionally experimented with color and managed to be the first to get a talkie short subject on the market in 1928, the huge overall comedown in quality really showed. The later silents and talkies were pretty poor. Though he had a popular series with up and coming star Bing Crosby, most of his stars, as always, deserted him for greener pastures. Dreadful films such as "Hypnotized" with blackface comedians Mack and Moran ended his career in the early 1930s.
He didn't lose everything, but he was no longer in film. He sold his backlog of films to Warner Brothers in the 1930s. They pretty much used it for occasional stock footage, but basically destroyed them when they took up too much space. Today there are many Sennett films, especially from his most well financed period in around 1917- 1927 that don't exist.
In sum, Sennett's style made our great grandfathers laugh, but he was loath to ever change his formula of chases and messy fights. It was very nearly the same from his first to his last, aimed at the less demanding in the audience. Today his name is still highly recognizable, even to those who will have virtually no contact with his films, and the term "Keystone Kops" has become part of the language to describe incompetent buffoons with some supposed authority. MJ
He died in Woodland Hills, California and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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