Tango Tangles
Watching this frenetically irritating comedy,I can see why Chaplin had to leave Sennett. Charlie's genius depended on an almost minimalistic approach to action. Mack only believed in constant movement and...
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Mack Sennett
Films
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Tango Tangles
Mack Sennett arranged for his most important comedians (Charles Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Chester Conklin) to improvise a comedy filmed partly on location at the Venice Dance Hall on Abbott Kinney Pier. The film conveys America's tango dance craze during the early 1910s. Sterling plays the...Start your free trial to watch
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Mabel at the Wheel
Charles Chaplin, costumed in top hat, frock coat and sporting a goatee, was impersonating the "Dutch" screen character of Ford Sterling, the former Keystone comedian whom Chaplin was hired to replace. The comedy, the first two-reeler in which he appeared, incorporates footage taken at the Vanderbilt Cup...Start your free trial to watch
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The Fatal Mallet
The Tramp (Charles Chaplin) and another man (Mack Sennett) are rivals for the attention of a young woman (Mabel Normand). The competition between the men results in some violent brick hitting and throwing. The two men eventually join forces against another admirer (Mack Swain) with more bricks and a new...Start your free trial to watch
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
The film's simple story involves Tillie Banks (Marie Dressler), a country girl deceived by a city slicker (Charles Chaplin) to steal her father's money and run away with him to the city. Once there, the slicker takes her money and abandons her for Mabel (Mabel Normand). When it is reported that Tillie is...Start your free trial to watch
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Lizzies of the Field
Ten years after Charlie Chaplin's debut, Mack Sennett produced LIZZIES OF THE FIELD. Sennett considered Del Lord, director of this manic gag fest, "the best" at the frantic, freewheeling style his studio was known for. The climactic road race was done full size as you see it, no models, no cheats or...Start your free trial to watch
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The Timid Young Man
THE TIMID YOUNG MAN is interesting historically. It is the one and only time that Buster Keaton was directed by the great Mack Sennett. In his fanciful autobiography, "King of Comedy," Sennett includes Buster's name in a list of the great stars whose careers he had helped. In Keaton's own autobiography,...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Sport / Racing / Automobile
- Sport / Racing / Automobile
- Crime / Transgression / Caper/Heist
- Classic / Classic Comedy
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- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
Recent Reviews
Mabel at the Wheel
Really fun to watch. Beautifully restored. Chaplin as a villain. Moves and pratfalls. Just great.
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Marie Dressler shines in this early feature-length Mack Sennett comedy. As a jilted lover chased by Charlie Chaplin for her money, Marie and "the other woman" Mabel Normand prove they've...
Tango Tangles
I can't remember the last time I saw a comic fist fight as in Tango Tangles. Most cinematic fighting I have seen lately is so intensely serious. I could not...
The Fatal Mallet
Mack directs chaplin, then Chaplin directs