Keystone - The Life and Clowns of Mack Sennett - 1st Edition 2003 - This book issued with dustjacket very good condition - Dustjacket is in very good condition with no wear - inside is in very good condition with no writing nor missing pages or torn pages ...... ...
From his early aspirations to sing opera, to his time under the
tutelage of D. W. Griffith, to the fortune and notoriety that his
uncanny eye for talent deservedly brought him, Mack Sennett stood behind
his belief in individuality and originality. Now, more than eighty
years after Sennett rose to heights that epitomized the American dream,
the acclaimed biographer of Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, and W.
C. Fields offers a compelling account of comedy's transformation at the
hands of a true master.
Regarded as the father of American
slapstick, Sennett--iron-worker, boilermaker, actor, director, producer,
writer, and creator of the infamous Keystone Kops--held audiences in
thrall to a world where chaos was order and banana peels, car crashes,
and leaps from tall buildings were a matter of course. As the cameras
rolled and vaudeville gags morphed into celluloid wonders, the rising
stars of Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, and Gloria Swanson were born.
Behind it all was the "King of Comedy," governing from his office
bathtub.
In this irresistible journey into early Hollywood at its
peak, Simon Louvish crafts a fascinating portrait of the enigmatic
entrepreneur. Through film scripts, telegrams, even liquor bills,
Sennett's world is skillfully re-created, offering a rare and humorous
glance into the infancy and innocence of moving pictures.
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