Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments 1

PART I. MACK SENNETT AND THE MOVIES: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Introduction to Part I 7
1. From Broadway to Biograph: Mack Sennett at the Biograph Company 14
2. Creating a Legend: The Keystone Film Company in the Mutual Years 25
3. One Point of the Triangle: Keystone Joins the Triangle Film Company 56
4. On His Own: The Paramount–Mack Sennett Comedies 86
5. The Feature Film Quest: Associated Producers and Associated First National 109
6. Back on Two-Reels: The Sennett-Pathé Years 128
7. Learning to Talk: Mack Sennett and Educational Pictures 184
8. The Last Hurrah: Sennett and Paramount Publix 208
9. Taking Early Retirement: The Post-Studio Years 222

PART II. MACK SENNETT FILMOGRAPHY
Introduction to Part II 245
The Biograph Company (1908–1912) 251
Keystone Comedies Released by Mutual (1912–1915) 265
Keystone Comedies Released by Triangle (1915–1917) 322
Paramount–Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Famous Players–Lasky (1917–1921) 348
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Associated Producers and Associated First National Pictures (1921–1922) 369
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Pathé (1923–1929) 377
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Educational (1928–1932) 432
Mack Sennett Comedies Released by Paramount Publix (1932–1933) 451
Feature Films Produced by Mack Sennett (1914–1932) 460
Other Mack Sennett Film Credits, and Appearances on Broadway, Radio and Television 469
Theatrical Compilation Films Featuring Mack Sennett Footage 473

PART III. BIOGRAPHIES OF KEYSTONE AND MACK SENNETT STUDIO PERSONNEL
Introduction to Part III 481
Performers 483 Creative and Technical Personnel 556
Other Notable Personnel 586

Chapter Notes 599
Bibliography 602
Index 605

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.

Reviews

this volume will be especially useful for researchers. It belongs in any comprehensive film-studies collection...useful...exhaustive - Booklist/RBB; ""The most thorough resource to date on Sennett and his wacky world of gags, speedy comic chases, and the inevitable abuse of human bodies and property. Recommended"" - Choice

""Brent E Walker has compiled and published an impressively detailed compendium comprising an exhaustive and chronologically presented filmography...a welcome and seminal addition that should be a core part of personal, academic, and community library American Film history reference collections."" - Midwest Book Review