Laughing Gas Clippings 32/32
Motography, Chicago, January 6, 1917.
Norman Rockwell (creator), Charlie Chaplin Fans
(...) Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 14, 1916
& CHAPLIN
(...) Motion Picture, Dec. 1914, cartoon
& Keystone Studio, Edendale near Los Angeles
(...) Moving Picture World, March 10, 1917, detail
„Strong, wholesome, humorous film pictures”
Editorial content. „Mack Sennett Talks on Comedies
Mack Sennett left Los Angeles, where he is at the head
of the Keystone Film Company studios, some weeks
ago for an extended business trip to New York City. The
Saturday Evening Post furnished a strong example
of Sennett‘s editorial recognition when a recent issue of this
most conservative of all popular publications
devoted two pages to an intimate talk by the great
comedy director.
In one of his interviews Sennett said: ,Whatever success
I may have won in my work or whatever fame I may
have achieved as a producer has been the result of untiring
work and incessant activity.‘ No statement could
better exemplify the true Mack Sennett characteristics
than this. He has been termed by those who
know him intimately a ,human dynamo.‘ It is not uncommon
for Sennett to spend from sixteen to eighteen
hours a day at the Keystone studios planning, directing und
supervising the making of film plays.
In reply to a recent inquiry relative to his estimation
of the future for the screen comedy Mr. Sennett
expressed himself as follows: ,My opinion, based upon
a careful analysis pf the psychology of the public,
is that the demand for high-class film comedy will be greater
year by year. Life witnesses enough of tragedy
and tears that it cannot avoid. Comedy is the sedative
and tonic; that is why its popularity will ever
be on the increase. Today more people are patronizing
theaters where film plays depicting high-class
comedy are featured than ever before. Tomorrow the makers
of strong, wholesome, humorous film pictures will
have more than they can do to supply the wants of the seekers
after laughs.“
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