{"id":10680,"date":"2019-03-26T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/?page_id=10680"},"modified":"2021-01-18T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T22:13:10","slug":"slapstick-on-the-silver-screen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/lhsq-publications\/laugh-lab\/slapstick-on-the-silver-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Slapstick on the Silver Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mack\nSennett, born into an Irish Catholic family in Richmond, Quebec, was a pioneer\nof slapstick comedy in silent movies. He was known in Hollywood as \u201cthe King of\nComedy.\u201d Sennett started out in New York as a chorus boy, then actor, then\ndirector. He eventually received financial backing to found Keystone Studios,\nhis own company, which had the first enclosed studio film stage in history.\nSennett introduced the world to Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops. He\nhelped create the vocabulary of slapstick humor in the silent cinema of the\n1910s and 1920s, including pie-throwing, car chases, and exaggerated stunt\nfalls (not to mention people literally being slapped with sticks). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-1-662x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10616\" width=\"389\" height=\"602\"\/><figcaption><strong>Mack Sennett<br><\/strong> University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, JWS35608 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10705\" width=\"461\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-600x473.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-650x512.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-76x60.jpg 76w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-241x190.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2-175x138.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Panneau-5-image-2.jpg 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>The&nbsp;Stolen&nbsp;Purse<\/strong><\/em><strong>, 1913.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Reading<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Walker, Brent. <em>Mack Sennett&#8217;s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of his Studio and his Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel.<\/em> 2 vols. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &amp; Company, 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/?page_id=10634\">HOME<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mack Sennett, born into an Irish Catholic family in Richmond, Quebec, was a pioneer of slapstick comedy in silent movies. He was known in Hollywood as \u201cthe King of Comedy.\u201d Sennett started out in New York as a chorus boy, then actor, then director. He eventually received financial backing to found Keystone Studios, his own company, which had the first enclosed studio film stage in history. Sennett introduced the world to Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops. He helped create the vocabulary of slapstick humor in the silent cinema of the 1910s and 1920s, including pie-throwing, car chases, and exaggerated stunt falls (not to mention people literally being slapped with sticks). &nbsp; Further Reading Walker, Brent. Mack Sennett&#8217;s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of his Studio and his Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. 2 vols. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &amp; Company, 2010. 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