Mack Made Movies by Don Brown

Mack Made Movies
by Don Brown

Your great grandparents loved the Keystone Kops! They roared with laughter when Charlie Chaplin threw the first pie-in-the-face! Who did they have to thank for perfecting the new slapstick comedy to silent movies? Why, the great Mack Sennett, of course! And how did Mack get his start in show business? Would you believe he started out playing the back end of a horse in a stage skit in 1916? Fifteen years later, he was a movie producer with his own studio and thousands of employees! This interesting picture book pays tribute to the life of this creative genius!

Research Links for Mack Made Movies

The Making of the Book

Biography of Mack Sennett

List of Mack Sennett's Works

Encyclopedia Britannica: Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett's Tombstone

Slapstick Encyclopedia

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

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