Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett

Birthday: 1880-01-17

Place of Birth: Richmond, Québec, Canada

Biography: 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. In New York City, he took on the stage name Mack Sennett and became an actor, singer, dancer, clown, set designer, and director for the Biograph Company. He later opened Keystone Studios in Edendale, California, in 1912. Keystone possessed the first fully enclosed film stage, and Sennett became famous as the originator of slapstick routines such as pie-throwing and car-chases, as seen in the Keystone Cops films. He also produced short features that displayed his Bathing Beauties, many of whom went on to develop successful acting careers. Sennett's work in sound movies was less successful, and he was bankrupted in 1933. In 1938 he was presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film comedy. Mack Sennett died in Woodland Hills, California in 1960, aged 80. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can s...

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Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel's Busy Day

Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the...

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The Fatal Mallet
The Fatal Mallet

Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty....

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The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history....

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The Would-Be Shriner
The Would-Be Shriner

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Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel

A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to ...

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The Suicide Club
The Suicide Club

One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the ...

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The Curtain Pole
The Curtain Pole

An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement...

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The Salvation Army Lass
The Salvation Army Lass

A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight...

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Crazy Days
Crazy Days

Narrator Hughie Green tells "jokes" over clips of old silent films. Including greats such as Fatty A...

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The Manicure Lady
The Manicure Lady

The manicure lady spurns the barber and dates a rich cad instead....

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The Water Nymph
The Water Nymph

Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father....

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Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful s...

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Those Awful Hats
Those Awful Hats

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats....

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Hearts and Planets
Hearts and Planets

A 1915 short film directed by Walter Wright....

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The Little Darling
The Little Darling

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple fol...

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Murphy's I.O.U.
Murphy's I.O.U.

Murphy, the cop, gives his I. O. U. to the money-lender. Pressed for payment, he gives up his wife's...

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The Little Teacher
The Little Teacher

The new school teacher fresh from the city struggles with her unruly bumpkin students, while she awa...

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What Drink Did
What Drink Did

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses ...

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Peeping Pete
Peeping Pete

This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in ...

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A Strong Revenge
A Strong Revenge

Cobbler Meyer puts Limburger cheese in the shoes of grocer Schnitz to sabotage his attendance with M...

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Tomboy Bessie
Tomboy Bessie

In this one, Mabel Normand plays the title role, a wild child who keeps tormenting people and gettin...

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What the Doctor Ordered
What the Doctor Ordered

A Mack Sennett comedy short starring Mack Sennett, Kate Toncray & Mabel Normand....

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A Spanish Dilemma
A Spanish Dilemma

Fred Ward and Mack Sennett are two Spanish brothers seeking the hand of a lovely senorita played by ...

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The Brave Hunter
The Brave Hunter

Here it is nice to see Sennett playing a different character than his usual hillbilly lover. Sennett...

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Faithful
Faithful

Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner wh...

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The Politician's Love Story
The Politician's Love Story

A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to...

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Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim

Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gert...

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Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Fatty and the Broadway Stars

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arb...

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The Furs
The Furs

Mabel Normand is the wife of a rather rotund businessman, Dell Henderson. She doesn't get along with...

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Father Gets in the Game
Father Gets in the Game

D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful wo...

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The Black Viper
The Black Viper

A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, ...

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An Arcadian Maid
An Arcadian Maid

A young maiden is seduced by a charming traveling peddler who persuades her to steal from her host f...

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Ramona
Ramona

Ramona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love with t...

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Movie-Town
Movie-Town

In this fictional film with fictional characters, Baron Gonzola (Luis Alberni)is trying to sell Mack...

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Money Mad
Money Mad

The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten m...

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The Mountaineer's Honor
The Mountaineer's Honor

A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and ki...

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The Fatal Hour
The Fatal Hour

A young woman (Linda Arvidson) is kidnapped by a band of opportunistic Chinese slavers, led by devio...

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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and...

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Balked at the Altar
Balked at the Altar

A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a husband. He...

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A Victim of Jealousy
A Victim of Jealousy

The young husband's irrational jealousy makes him suspicious of every attention bestowed upon his wi...

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The Hollywood Kid
The Hollywood Kid

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle ...

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The Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the priz...

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The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with ...

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Rastus and the Game Cock
Rastus and the Game Cock

Rastus and the Game Cock is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mack Sennett....

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Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel's Dramatic Career

A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, an...

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Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marr...

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Rebecca's Wedding Day
Rebecca's Wedding Day

Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Billy Gilbert....

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Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to ...

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The Song of the Shirt
The Song of the Shirt

Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood....

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A Drunkard's Reformation
A Drunkard's Reformation

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their da...

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Resurrection
Resurrection

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, i...

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Confidence
Confidence

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her ol...

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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers ...

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Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Muggsy Becomes a Hero

Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is called...

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The Winning Coat
The Winning Coat

A young courtier gambles in a tavern and wins a coat from the leader of a gang. In the pocket he fin...

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Their First Execution
Their First Execution

A new electric chair has been installed in the prison, and the officials impatiently await the first...

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The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her ag...

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An Awful Moment
An Awful Moment

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupt...

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A Busy Day
A Busy Day

A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pr...

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The Property Man
The Property Man

Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets...

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The Knockout
The Knockout

To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying t...

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Pippa Passes
Pippa Passes

Pippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unbeknown to her, the music has a healing effe...

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A Flash of Light
A Flash of Light

An experiment goes wrong and blinds a newly married chemist. The chemist's wife does not want to tak...

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Getting Even
Getting Even

All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a cha...

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The Lure of the Gown
The Lure of the Gown

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle a...

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Twin Brothers
Twin Brothers

Two boys, twins, leave the old homestead to seek their fortune in the world. They go divergent roads...

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The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. S...

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The Son's Return
The Son's Return

A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parent...

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Love in Quarantine
Love in Quarantine

A quarrelling couple are forced to quarantine together after the household maid becomes ill of an in...

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Over Silent Paths
Over Silent Paths

In the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young dau...

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Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of ...

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Days of Thrills and Laughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...

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Riley and Schultze
Riley and Schultze

A constable and his sergeant are rivals for a girl, and to impress her they both attempt to apprehen...

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Cohen Collects a Debt
Cohen Collects a Debt

After second hand clothier Cohen receives $1000 from a rival firm (unaware that the amount was borro...

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The New Neighbor
The New Neighbor

When a new neighbor attempts to save a young wife from an intruder, her husband misunderstands; the ...

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Pedro's Dilemma
Pedro's Dilemma

Mack attempts to elope with Mabel, but her friend dons the veil; this confuses both Mack and Mabel's...

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The Flirting Husband
The Flirting Husband

Mrs. Smith's friends decide to teach her flirty husband a lesson by engaging him in a saucy game of ...

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The Ambitious Butler
The Ambitious Butler

A cocky butler poses as a Count to win an heiress during his master's absence, but his scheme is foi...

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At Coney Island
At Coney Island

Mack takes Mabel to Coney Island, only to have her stolen by slick Ford, who is temporarily out of s...

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Mr. Fixit
Mr. Fixit

Bashful Mack has his friend Fred take flowers and presents to his girl Mabel by proxy, but the "frie...

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The Deacon's Troubles
The Deacon's Troubles

The minister is appointed head of a purity league designed to keep a risque dancer from performing h...

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At It Again
At It Again

Mrs. Smith hired detectives to trail her husband, whom she believes is being unfaithful; police chie...

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The Rivals
The Rivals

Mabel prefers conceited Fred to earnest rube Mack, but when she is held up by tramps Fred runs out o...

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A Temperamental Husband
A Temperamental Husband

Brown is insanely jealous of his wife and mistakes her brother for a lover, while the Brown's child ...

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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shor...

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The King's Messenger
The King's Messenger

Mack Sennett appears as a soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Thompson's Night Out
Thompson's Night Out

William Thompson and John Smith occupied offices in the same New York skyscraper, and both being sei...

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A Bear Escape
A Bear Escape

Sleuths Mack and Fred go after bandit Ford, but wind up tied to a tree by the crook with a ferocious...

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Pat's Day Off
Pat's Day Off

After an argument with his wife in which nosy neighbors and police intervene, Pat feigns suicide by ...

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Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker

Mack Sennett appears as a charity worker in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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The Sculptor's Nightmare
The Sculptor's Nightmare

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable t...

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The Speed Demon
The Speed Demon

An ambitious race driver who is not allowed to compete decides to outwit his competitors....

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Deceived Slumming Party
Deceived Slumming Party

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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The Invisible Fluid
The Invisible Fluid

Had the poor melancholy Dane, Hamlet, lived in this, the twentieth century, he would never have give...

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The Kentuckian
The Kentuckian

Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Over the Hills to the Poor House
Over the Hills to the Poor House

The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve hers...

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The Man in the Box
The Man in the Box

A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of to...

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The Girl and the Outlaw
The Girl and the Outlaw

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

A mother works as a dancer to support her ill daughter. One night while performing, the mother has a...

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The Stage Rustler
The Stage Rustler

Mack Sennett appears as a man in a bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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The Red Girl
The Red Girl

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Where the Breakers Roar
Where the Breakers Roar

A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, he...

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After Many Years
After Many Years

A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Has she wait...

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The Heart of O Yama
The Heart of O Yama

Pretty Miss Chrysanthemum has but little to say as to the disposal of her heart, at least, such is t...

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At the Altar
At the Altar

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the land...

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The Devil
The Devil

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Ingomar, the Barbarian
Ingomar, the Barbarian

Mack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Romance of a Jewess
Romance of a Jewess

This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here w...

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A Smoked Husband
A Smoked Husband

After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary...

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The Vaquero's Vow
The Vaquero's Vow

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar and in the wedding party in this film produced by the Biogr...

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The Pirate's Gold
The Pirate's Gold

Young Wilkinson is leaving his dear old mother for a journey to seek his fortune in a foreign clime....

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The Guerrilla
The Guerrilla

Mack Sennett appears as a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier in this film produced by the Biogr...

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The Clubman and the Tramp
The Clubman and the Tramp

Mack Sennett appears as a dinner guest and a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company...

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The Light That Came
The Light That Came

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love he...

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The Feud and the Turkey
The Feud and the Turkey

Mack Sennett appears as a member of the Wilkenson clan in this film produced by the Biograph Company...

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The Reckoning
The Reckoning

Mack Sennett appears as a lover in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Her First Biscuits
Her First Biscuits

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the res...

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Concealing a Burglar
Concealing a Burglar

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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The Mended Lute
The Mended Lute

In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves....

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The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with...

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The Valet's Wife
The Valet's Wife

Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the u...

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The Test of Friendship
The Test of Friendship

Mack Sennett appears as a guest and a man in the fight in this film produced by the Biograph Company...

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A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helpin...

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Love Among the Roses
Love Among the Roses

In the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their own d...

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The Broken Locket
The Broken Locket

George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one b...

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The Indian Runner's Romance
The Indian Runner's Romance

An Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him the...

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The Italian Barber
The Italian Barber

Tony, a barber, becomes enchanted by Alice, a young newsgirl, and the two quickly fall in love. Howe...

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For the Love of Mabel
For the Love of Mabel

A presumably lost film starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle....

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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown...

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Mr. Jones at the Ball
Mr. Jones at the Ball

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph...

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The Honor of Thieves
The Honor of Thieves

Two thieves, Ned and Mike, scheme to rob a pawnbroker, Mr. Einstein. Ned seduces Einstein's daughter...

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The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

A young man at a party becomes infatuated with Mrs. Francis after she sings for the guests. His fath...

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One Touch of Nature
One Touch of Nature

"A pathetic story of mother's grief. No more intense emotion can be imagined than a mother's grief f...

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The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice

Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous...

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Love Finds a Way
Love Finds a Way

A Duke's daughter is loved by a gallant knight, but her father wants her to marry another. With the ...

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The Christmas Burglars
The Christmas Burglars

Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biog...

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The Criminal Hypnotist
The Criminal Hypnotist

To a reception there is invited a celebrated professor of hypnotism, and during the evening he oblig...

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The Welcome Burglar
The Welcome Burglar

“The Biograph people tell an excellent story in this, and tell it so strongly that it grips very clo...

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The Maniac Cook
The Maniac Cook

A household cook named Margie has a sudden mental breakdown and attacks her employers, the Holland f...

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The Helping Hand
The Helping Hand

Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained...

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The Cord of Life
The Cord of Life

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic,...

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A Rural Elopement
A Rural Elopement

Countryside lovers Hank and Cynthia plan to elope against the girl's father's wishes. A meddling tra...

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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, sil...

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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxin...

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His Daughter
His Daughter

William promises to marry his sweetheart, Mary, after completing medical school. William's father ha...

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Two Memories
Two Memories

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass...

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A Healthy Neighborhood
A Healthy Neighborhood

An unscrupulous doctor tries to drum up business by having the sidewalk in front of his house covere...

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The Thread of Destiny
The Thread of Destiny

The orphan girl of San Gabriel meets and is attracted by a Spanish stranger. The Spaniard is accused...

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The Day After
The Day After

Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but ...

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All on Account of the Milk
All on Account of the Milk

The hero, a young contractor, is mistaken by the heroine for a laborer, while he thinks she is the m...

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In the Season of Buds
In the Season of Buds

It is springtime when little Mabel arrives at her Uncle Zeke's farm. Henry and Steve, two farmhands,...

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Never Again
Never Again

Clarence McKnight and Felix De Grosse are rivals for the heart of pretty little Letitia Mooney, but ...

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A Lucky Toothache
A Lucky Toothache

Bessie, the new school teacher, arrives at the little western village, and on her way to the school ...

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A Gold Necklace
A Gold Necklace

Mazie lends her necklace to Nellie, her guest. Nellie is asleep in a hammock when Sam, her sweethear...

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When We Were in Our 'Teens
When We Were in Our 'Teens

Diplomacy was not Tom's strong suit. So when May showed to him her latest painting he poured scorn o...

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His Wife's Visitor
His Wife's Visitor

Harry leaves his new wife at home while he goes out to play poker. Angry, his wife fakes evidence th...

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1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1776, or The Hessian Renegades

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is ...

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A Trap for Santa Claus
A Trap for Santa Claus

The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely....

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The Way of Man
The Way of Man

A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another...

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The Awakening
The Awakening

A confirmed bachelor learns that he will inherit his late uncle's fortune only if he marries, which ...

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...

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The Zulu's Heart
The Zulu's Heart

A Boer woman and her daughter are captured by Zulu warriors....

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Fisher Folks
Fisher Folks

A crippled girl marries a fisherman, who also has eyes for the town flirt....

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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

In the span of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith delivered some 450 films for the Biogra...

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, ...

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The Lonely Villa
The Lonely Villa

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and child...

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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although...

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Man's Genesis
Man's Genesis

An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a wom...

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Hoffmeyer's Legacy
Hoffmeyer's Legacy

Hoffmeyer is harassed by creditors, but thinks his troubles are over when he receives a legacy of $5...

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Comrades
Comrades

Two creative bums invade a high society gathering by pretending to be rich....

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The Converts
The Converts

A dance hall girl is converted to a religious life by a phony evangelist. But can he, himself, be sa...

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The Purgation
The Purgation

Two burglars break into an apartment to rob it. One look at the sleeping daughter of the house, and ...

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A Midnight Cupid
A Midnight Cupid

Perry Dudley, a rich eligible bachelor, is bored with his life and longs for a change. Nick, a penni...

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Examination Day at School
Examination Day at School

A rural schoolmaster, beloved by his pupils, is dismissed from his teaching post when the county’s v...

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The Broken Doll
The Broken Doll

An American Indian child, maltreated by her mother and other tribespeople, accompanies her family to...

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The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and...

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Frank Capra's American Dream
Frank Capra's American Dream

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard....

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It's Showtime
It's Showtime

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors....

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The Inventor’s Secret
The Inventor’s Secret

An old toymaker invents an automatic doll and goes to the lawyers to apply for a patent. That day a ...

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$500 Reward
$500 Reward

A burglar enters the home of a wealthy man and steals a valuable necklace. A reward of $500 is offer...

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The Beautiful Voice
The Beautiful Voice

An eccentric Frenchman passing along the avenue, hears the sound of a beautiful voice and forthwith ...

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The Ghost
The Ghost

A ghost has been the regular nightly visitor at a certain house so long that the occupants have gott...

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They de...

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An Affair of Hearts
An Affair of Hearts

Two eccentric Frenchmen argue for the hand of an eligible American girl, who finally discouraged bot...

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To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and o...

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The Deception
The Deception

A wife offers to support her artist husband by teaching piano. She can't find work at the conservato...

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Jones and His New Neighbors
Jones and His New Neighbors

Jones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house and...

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Jones and the Lady Book Agent
Jones and the Lady Book Agent

After overhearing Jones mocking her, the lady book agent slips a suggestive note into Jones's pocket...

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The Jilt
The Jilt

John is seduced and abandoned by a cruel flirt. Later he learns that his friend Frank is engaged to ...

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Mr. Jones’ Burglar
Mr. Jones’ Burglar

Mr. Jones stays out late playing poker with his buddies. While he's gone, a burglar starts to break ...

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The Road to the Heart
The Road to the Heart

Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After...

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The Wooden Leg
The Wooden Leg

A father wants to marry his daughter to a rich man, but she's in love with someone else. She borrows...

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A Wreath in Time
A Wreath in Time

A few of us have had the chance to read our own obituary notice, but it fell to the lot of John Good...

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What's Your Hurry?
What's Your Hurry?

Papa is proud of his new birthday present, a shotgun. Mary's boyfriend arrives for a visit and she i...

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The Peachbasket Hat
The Peachbasket Hat

Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invite...

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The Faded Lilies
The Faded Lilies

A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mis...

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A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of br...

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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

Seven years after the death of their first child, a couple has grown apart and decides to divorce. T...

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The Girls and Daddy
The Girls and Daddy

Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money....

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The Necklace
The Necklace

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace i...

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Leather Stocking
Leather Stocking

A short version of James Fenimore Cooper's famous tale about Natty Bumppo, or "Hawkeye," and his exp...

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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Cardinal's Conspiracy

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and ...

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The Slave
The Slave

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to...

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A New Trick
A New Trick

To help a woman whose purse has been snatched, two college boys stage a murder scene and trap the pu...

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Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff

Hank (Mack Sennett) loses his girl (Mabel Normand) to another guy (Dell Henderson) so he decides to ...

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The Fatal Chocolate
The Fatal Chocolate

Upon the arrival of a young girl from the city, Zeke and Jake, brothers, each determine to win her. ...

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The New Baby
The New Baby

The nervous, expectant papa leaves for the office in a fever, for the stork is expected at his home....

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The Hansom Driver
The Hansom Driver

Mabel's husband is a hansom cab driver. After a quarrel Mabel imagines herself neglected, and listen...

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Her New Beau
Her New Beau

Mabel has a new beau. Her father forgets his watch at home. Mabel sees it has stopped running and gi...

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Love Sickness at Sea
Love Sickness at Sea

Mabel, her father and Mr. Tra La La, a suitor, much to her disgust, for her hand, take a trip on the...

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The Sleuths at the Floral Parade
The Sleuths at the Floral Parade

Advantage was taken of the fact that a floral parade was being held at Pasadena, Cal. in which the K...

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Those Good Old Days
Those Good Old Days

His subjects have been vainly petitioning the king for improvements in his reign, without avail. The...

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Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes

Mabel has two suitors, Smith and Jones. Smith is an elderly man who impetuously sweeps everything be...

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A Family Mixup
A Family Mixup

Brown and Smith are friends, but their wives have never met. Brown flirts with Mrs. Smith, and in re...

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The Duel
The Duel

A couple of French noblemen-types constantly argue (Sterling and Sennett). They're rivals for a love...

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Oh, Mabel Behave
Oh, Mabel Behave

Squire Peachem (Ford Sterling) wants to marry the innkeeper's daughter (Normand). Since Peachem has ...

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My Valet
My Valet

The parents of a wealthy young man arrange for him to marry a woman he has never seen. When he meets...

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The Battle of Who Run
The Battle of Who Run

A Civil war comedy starring Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand. The film is considered lost....

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The Last Deal
The Last Deal

Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwoo...

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Nursing a Viper
Nursing a Viper

During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a...

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The Two Brothers
The Two Brothers

In Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel. Born ...

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As It Is in Life
As It Is in Life

A man sacrifices a new marriage for the happiness of his daughter....

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What the Daisy Said
What the Daisy Said

Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals off o...

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Wilful Peggy
Wilful Peggy

Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lo...

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The Modern Prodigal
The Modern Prodigal

In the opening of this subject we find the callow youth as he points towards the city's spires, excl...

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The Redman's View
The Redman's View

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary jour...

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In the Border States
In the Border States

During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leav...

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The Mistaken Masher
The Mistaken Masher

Georgie Burns is a conceited, athletic individual, who has turned his home into a gymnasium. His pre...

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Mabel’s Heroes
Mabel’s Heroes

A comedy short starring Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett...

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The Rube and the Baron
The Rube and the Baron

Mabel is in love with John, the country boy, but her father wants her to marry a Baron. She is locke...

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Through the Breakers
Through the Breakers

A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes ...

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Stolen Magic
Stolen Magic

A Keystone comedy short starring Mabel Normand...

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Mack at It Again
Mack at It Again

Yes, Mack Sennett is at it again, as is Mabel Normand. This one is where Mack has gone back to work ...

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Mabel’s Bear Escape
Mabel’s Bear Escape

A short comedy starring Mabel Normand being chased by a very lively bear....

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How Hiram Won Out
How Hiram Won Out

Hiram, a country youth, is in love with Sallie. They go fishing and Sallie falls into the water. Hir...

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His Trust
His Trust

A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, h...

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His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust Fulfilled

Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's daughter af...

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At Twelve O’Clock
At Twelve O’Clock

An Italian makes love to a girl and is repulsed. She favors another man, and the Italian uses drasti...

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They Would Elope
They Would Elope

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into...

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Down Memory Lane
Down Memory Lane

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett sil...

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Lady Helen's Escapade
Lady Helen's Escapade

A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a s...

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The Great Chase
The Great Chase

A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences...

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The Mexican Sweethearts
The Mexican Sweethearts

A Mexican spitfire romances an American soldier to make her Mexican lover jealous. When the lover is...

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The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis

An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a ...

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The Voice of the Violin
The Voice of the Violin

A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he join...

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A String of Pearls
A String of Pearls

A story about a poor young man who falls ill, while his wealthy employer ignores his plight and inst...

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Oh, Uncle!
Oh, Uncle!

Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry's ...

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In the Border States
In the Border States

During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leav...

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The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he g...

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In Old California
In Old California

An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned Califor...

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The Newlyweds
The Newlyweds

A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid (and two se...

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A Child's Impulse
A Child's Impulse

Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these f...

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The Seventh Day
The Seventh Day

A neglectful woman wants custody of her children in her divorce. The judge rules that he will give h...

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A Change of Heart
A Change of Heart

Howard Norris, a wealthy young man from the city makes the acquaintance of a lovely young daughter o...

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