Mack Sennett

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Mack Sennett

Born January 17, 1880 · Richmond, Québec, Canada

Died November 5, 1960 · aged 80

Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian born actor, director, comedian and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. He produced more than 1,000 silent films and several dozen talkies during a 25-year career. He became a United States citizen in 1932. Sennett was born and raised in Richmond, Quebec. He moved to Connecticut when he was 17 years old…

Known For

Musclebound MusicMusclebound Music · 1926
Musclebound Music
7.01926
MovieComedy
Bill and Oscar are musicians but they can't make enough to pay their room-and-board, and they are both in love with the landlady's daughter. However, she is in love with Horace, a wrestler, and Bill gets a world's championship match with him in hopes of securing the needed-boardinghouse bill, and the hand of the daughter of the house.
Making a LivingMaking a Living · 1914
Making a Living
5.71914
MovieComedy
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
In ConferenceIn Conference · 1931
In Conference
1931
MovieComedy
Walter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling romance epic, 'The Loves of LaVorees', starring silent screen idol, Romaine Salisbury, hotly contested within Hollywood and part of an expensive silent film production, only for Bovine Productions to switch to sound production and reveal to them for the first time, Romaine's real all-talking, all-singing voice.
Whispering WhiskersWhispering Whiskers · 1926
Whispering Whiskers
10.01926
MovieComedy
Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde play hobos who hop onto a train where they are hired. Their misadventures lead to chaos, blending mistaken identity with classic physical comedy.
1776, or The Hessian Renegades1776, or The Hessian Renegades · 1909
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
5.21909
MovieHistoryWar
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors must then make plans to see that the important message gets through after all.
Ghost ParadeGhost Parade · 1931
Ghost Parade
8.51931
MovieComedyMystery
A series of strange, inexplicable, and increasingly frightening events takes place in Mosby Manor.
Married LifeMarried Life · 1920
Married Life
9.01920
MovieComedy
Ben Turpin's rival marries his college sweetheart played by Phyllis Haver.
Love, Honor and BehaveLove, Honor and Behave · 1920
Love, Honor and Behave
8.01920
MovieComedy
A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures of her husband with his arms around another woman, as "proof" that he was cheating on her. The husband, for his part, claims that he was just innocently helping the woman and that he was being blackmailed by the photographer who took the picture.

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A Glimpse of the San Diego ExpositionA Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition · 1915
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
6.51915
MovieComedyDocumentary
In 1915-16, San Diego's Balboa Park was the scene of an exposition to mark completion of the Panama Canal. This film takes us through the exposition: from the Cabrillo bridge and a panoramic view of the site, to the facades of the California Building, Horticultural Building, Panama Canal Exhibit, and the reproduction of the locks at Gatuna. We see tourists on the isthmus and a crowd outside the Panama Film Company's exhibit of how movies are made. We watch the feeding of fish at the laguna, and we end at the Plaza de Panama where toddlers are surrounded by pigeons. Fatty Arbuckle makes a brief appearance outside the Panama Film exhibit. Titles give us each structure's cost.

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