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...stories which his father, a Colonel, would read aloud by the light of a lone, economical candle. Later be became reporter, playwright, saw a movie in a nickel theatre. His first connection with the cinema was that of an actor; he used later to direct Mary Pickford or Mack Sennett, making a picture a day. According to tradition, it was D. W. Griffith who suggested that cinemas be lengthened to two reels, who invented the closeup, who enlarged the scope of the camera beyond that of the human eye. His The Birth of a Nation was perhaps the first picture...
...abduction was by a whole trainload of cinema folk hurrying to a coast convention. Mr. Flinn's recovery was rapid and happy. And to reward virtue in true cinema style, Mr. DeMille and friends took Dr. Patrick for a thorough inspection of filmland, including even a Mack Sennett bathing beauty scene. And they gave him, together with his ticket back to Marceline, Mo., a fee whose proportions will not be approached until Marceline, Mo., breaks out with simultaneous epidemics of mumps, colic, babies and pink...
...First Flame. Harry Langdon clowns wistfully as lover and amateur fireman in this hilarious gag comedy. Producer Mack Sennett made this newly released comedy many months...
...addition to the speeches, the evening will be featured with two moving picture comedies; a Mack Sennett Comedy, "Boobs in the Woods", and "Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes". Music throughout the evening will be supplied by Jim Monahan and his orchestra...
...gentlemen as John Gilbert, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson; such intoxicating ladies as Miss Swanson, Miss Naldi and Miss Daniels should create alarm. Domestic life in Hollywood is not generally accepted as typical of domestic life in points north and east; nor is the dress affected by members of Mr. Sennett's school entirely representative of American womanhood...