Tuesday, January 17, 2012

January 17 Birthday: Mack Sennett

MackMadeMovies

Mack Sennett, film pioneer
Jan. 17, 1880-Nov. 5, 1960

Mack Made Movies by Don Brown (Roaring Brook Press, 2003)

“In 1900, twenty-year-old Mack Sennett was a horse’s rear end.” Who can resist an opening line like that? Read more about the silent moviemaker of the slapstick Keystone Kops and Charlie Chaplin.

A mini-biography and a listing of Sennett's work is available on a movie database site.