"L-KO Kompany The L-KO Kompany, or L-KO Komedies, was an American motion picture company founded by Henry Lehrman that produced silent one-, two- and very occasionally three-reel comedy shorts between 1914 and 1919. The initials L-KO stand for ""Lehrman KnockOut"". By the spring of 1914, Henry ""Pathé"" Lehrman had directed several important Keystone Kops comedies including ""The Bangville Police"" (1913) and ""Kid Auto Races at Venice"" (1914), Charlie Chaplin's debut. Wooed away from Mack Sennett by producer Fred J. Balshofer, Lehrman left Keystone, along with star performer Ford Sterling, to found ""Sterling Comedies"" under the umbrella of the Universal Film"
"Silent Movie Silent Movie is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau, and Paul Newman playing themselves. While indeed silent (except for one word, music, and numerous sound effects), the film is a parody of the silent film genre, particularly the slapstick comedies of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. Among the film's most famous gags is"
"important producer and director of screen farce, where speed, irreverence, exaggeration, sight gags, and bam-bam-bam delivery defined comedy. ""You had to understand comic motion,"" Sennett once told an interviewer, whereupon he pushed the interviewer into a swimming pool. ""That is comic motion."" Sennett was famous for his Keystone Cops, who bumbled all around Echo Park, and his Sennett Bathing Beauties, who included Gloria Swanson and Carole Lombard. Fatty Arbuckle made many of his famous movies at Keystone, and Charlie Chaplin was discovered there. His great female lead was Mabel Normand, his sometime girlfriend (who inspired the 1974 Broadway musical ""Mack"
"Sennett was injured in an automobile accident that killed blackface performer Charles Mack in Mesa, Arizona. His last work, in 1935, was as a producer-director for Educational Pictures, in which he directed Buster Keaton in ""The Timid Young Man"" and Joan Davis in ""Way Up Thar"". (The 1935 Vitaphone short subject ""Keystone Hotel"" is not a Sennett production, although it featured several alumni from the Mack Sennett Studios. Actually, Sennett was not involved in the making of this film.) Mack Sennett went into semiretirement at the age of 55, having produced more than 1,000 silent films and several dozen talkies"
"Silent Rage Silent Rage is a 1982 science fiction horror film directed by Michael Miller. It stars Chuck Norris as a sheriff who must stop a mentally ill man (Brian Libby) who goes on a rampage after being granted near-indestructibility in a medical experiment. It grossed $10.5 million on release. In a small Texas town, John Kirby, a mentally ill man, kills two members of the family with whom he was staying. Sheriff Daniel ""Dan"" Stevens and his deputy Charlie, respond and eventually arrest John, but he breaks out of the handcuffs, overpowers the other officers and grabs one of"
"with the police force, but it turns out Monk is responsible. Cleared of all blame, Sidney becomes a cop, determined to set a good example for youths like himself, while Mike and Martha fall in love. The cost of the film was a little under $500,000, and it grossed about $6 million. It was re-released in 1962 on a double bill with another Lewis film, ""The Sad Sack"" (1957). The DVD was released on October 12, 2004. The Delicate Delinquent The Delicate Delinquent is a 1957 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Shot in black-and-white and VistaVision in 1956 and"
"as the antagonistic Union Captain Anderson. The advance of sound film in the late 1920s damaged his career and, formerly a well-known actor, Cavender only played minor roles until his retirement in 1949. Glen Cavender Glen Cavender (September 19, 1883 – February 9, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 259 films between 1914 and 1949. The Spanish–American War soldier was born in Tucson, Arizona, and died in Hollywood, California. He started his acting career in vaudeville shows. Cavender belonged to the original Keystone Cops and was a regular in numerous Mack Sennett comedies. He also worked as"
"Falcão's ""Margarette's Feast"" (2003) is silent. Writer / Director Michael Pleckaitis puts his own twist on the genre with ""Silent"" (2007). While not silent, the ""Mr. Bean"" television series and movies have used the title character's non-talkative nature to create a similar style of humor. A lesser-known example is Jérôme Savary's ""La fille du garde-barrière"" (1975), an homage to silent-era films that uses intertitles and blends comedy, drama, and explicit sex scenes (which led to it being refused a cinema certificate by the British Board of Film Classification). In 1990, Charles Lane directed and starred in ""Sidewalk Stories"", a low"
"staged his battlefield scenes on the edge of Ince’s production, capturing Ince’s grand wartime sequences for his film while keeping the ""Cohen Saves the Flag"" cast discreetly out of Ince’s camera range. Today, ""The Battle of Gettysburg"" is considered a lost film, and all that remains of that endeavor are the battlefield scenes appropriated by Sennett for his slapstick film. Cohen Saves the Flag Cohen Saves the Flag is a 1913 American comedy silent film directed and produced by Mack Sennett, and starring Ford Sterling and Mabel Normand. Cohen (Ford Sterling) and his rival Goldberg (Henry Lehrman) enlist in the"
"A line in a Henry Kuttner science-fiction short story ""Piggy Bank"" reads, ""Within seconds the scene resembled a Mack Sennett pie-throwing comedy."" In ""A Story of Water"", a 1961 short film by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, the directors dedicate the film to Mack Sennett. Henry Mancini's score for the 1963 film ""The Pink Panther"", the original entry in the series, contains a segment called ""Shades of Sennett"". It is played on a silent film era style ""barrel house"" piano, and accompanies a climactic scene in which the incompetent police detective Inspector Clouseau is involved in a multi-vehicle chase with"
"Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film ""Clerks"" (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow-up films ""Mallrats"", ""Chasing Amy"", ""Dogma"", ""Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"", and ""Clerks 2"" which were set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and"
"fire engines, bicycles and baby buggies running wild all over Edendale and into Echo Park Lake. The Keystone Cops rode in their little police patrol wagon skidding on the soaped streets. Dressed in ill-fitting New York policemen's uniforms, they hit fruit stands, popcorn wagons, telephone poles and chicken coops. They took pratfalls and lifted their knees high as they ran and took corners on one foot, waving their billy clubs over their heads. They were always called to restore law and order to some impossible, funny scene hurriedly created by the quick wit of Hollywood's first comedy gagmen. The director"
"totally enclosed film stage and studio in history, is still standing. It is located at 1712 Glendale Blvd in Echo Park, Los Angeles and is now being used as a storage facility. The studio is perhaps best remembered for the era under Mack Sennett when he created the slapstick antics of the Keystone Cops, from 1912, and for the Sennett Bathing Beauties, beginning in 1915. Charlie Chaplin got his start at Keystone when Sennett hired him fresh from his vaudeville career to make silent films. ""Charlie Chaplin at Keystone Studios"" is a 1993 compilation of some of the most notable"
"nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in the comedy division for producing ""The Loud Mouth"" (with Matt McHugh, in the sports-heckler role later taken in Columbia Pictures remakes by Charley Chase and Shemp Howard). Sennett also won an Academy Award in the novelty division for his film ""Wrestling Swordfish"" also in 1932. On March 25, 1932, he became a United States citizen. Sennett often clung to outmoded techniques, making his early-1930s films seem dated and quaint. This doomed his attempt to re-enter the feature-film market with ""Hypnotized"" (starring blackface comedians Moran and Mack, ""The Two Black"
"and underdeveloped in terms of script and direction. Also, by today's standards, it fails to shock."" Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 32 reviews. ""Cecil B. Demented"" was a box office failure, grossing a mere $1,961,544 from an estimated $10 million budget. The soundtrack was released August 8, 2000 by RCA Records. Cecil B. Demented Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 black comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Melanie Griffith as a snobby A-list Hollywood actress who is kidnapped by a band of terrorist filmmakers; they"
"The Delicate Delinquent The Delicate Delinquent is a 1957 American comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. Shot in black-and-white and VistaVision in 1956 and released on June 6, 1957 by Paramount Pictures, it is notable as the first film Lewis starred in without his longtime partner Dean Martin. This also marked Lewis's producing and screenwriting debut in film. Sidney L. Pythias (Jerry Lewis), a janitor, is mistaken for a gang member and arrested along with three so-called ""juvenile delinquents,"" Artie, Monk, and Harry. Police officer Mike Damon (Darren McGavin) believes he can help a wayward youth just as a cop once"
"Carnal Madness Carnal Madness (also known as Delinquent School Girls, Delinquent College Girls, The Delinquents, Love Maniacs, The Sizzlers, Scrubbers 2) is a 1975 exploitation film directed by Gregory Corarito and starring Stephen Stucker, Bob Minor, and Michael Pataki as three escaped mental patients wreaking havoc in a female detention center. Stucker, Minor and Pataki are cast as a gay fashion designer, a horny soul brother (catchphrase - ""This is the best-lookin' piece I've seen in a long time!"") and an incompetent impressionist, respectively. The three escape their mental asylum and sexually assault their way into a girls' school. Their"
"(1917). However, he only received screen credit as a collaborator once, for ""City Lights"". As an actor, he appeared in Chaplin's comedies for the Mutual Film Corporation. Later he had two brief, uncredited roles in one of Chaplin's 'silent' comedies made in the sound era, ""City Lights"" (1931). Austin is also seen very briefly (as a cab driver) at the beginning of Chaplin's short film ""One A.M."". He also appeared in films starring Jackie Coogan and Mack Sennett. Austin's best known performance may be in Chaplin's short ""The Pawnshop"". Austin enters the shop with an alarm clock, hoping to pawn"
"seemingly does not accept this excuse and as the boys flee off-screen he opens fire. The other officers then remove their hats indicating that deaths have occurred and the Chief says ""send for the coroner"". The Midnight Patrol ""For the television cartoon, see ."" The Midnight Patrol is a short American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy released August 3, 1933. Laurel and Hardy play two policemen on night patrol, hence the title. They are given instructions to investigate a reported break-in but in the process of gathering the details from HQ they stumble upon a would be thief"
"The Reckless Moment The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American film noir melodrama directed by Max Ophüls, produced by Walter Wanger, and released by Columbia Pictures with Burnett Guffey as cinematographer. It starred Joan Bennett and James Mason, The film is based on ""The Blank Wall"" (1947), a novel written by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. ""The Deep End"" (2001) is based on the same source material. While her husband is away on business, Lucia confronts Darby, a slimy Los Angeles criminal, to get him to stop seeing her 17 year old daughter Bea. Darby agrees but only if Lucia pays him"
"Sennett comedies. Films included are ""The Hollywood Kid"", ""Wandering Willies"", ""Musclebound Music"", ""Wall Street Blues"" and ""Circus Today"". Act Two - ""Nobody Liked Them But The Public"". Laurel and Hardy comedies, including ""Habeas Corpus"", ""The Second Hundred Years"", ""We Faw Down"" (identified by its British title ""We Slip Up"") and the famous climactic pie fight from ""The Battle of the Century"". Act Three - ""The Cowboy Who Became a Legend"". Featuring Will Rogers in ""Uncensored Movies"". Act Four - ""Two Unforgotten Girls"". Featuring Carole Lombard in ""Run Girl Run"" and Jean Harlow in the Laurel and Hardy comedy ""Double Whoopee""."
"Some of his performances in Sennett comedies survive such as ""Bombs"" (aka ""Bombs and Brides""). Wayland Trask Jr. Wayland Trask Jr. (July 16, 1887 - November 18, 1918) was a silent film comedian who was a member of Mack Sennett's stock company of actors. Trask also had a theatrical background appearing in at least two Broadway plays before turning to screen comedy. He died at the end of 1918 in the Spanish Influenza pandemic eleven months after the disease had taken his mother. Trask's father was a stockbroker who died in 1905. Trask also had two sisters. In looks he"
"a feature film, ""The Boys in Blue"", based loosely on the Will Hay film, ""Ask a Policeman"". ""The Boys in Blue"" was regarded critically as weak in comparison and was their only cinema outing. They also featured in a comic strip ""Rock on Tommy"", which was published in the magazine ""Look-in"". Their popularity coincided with the rise of alternative comedy, with its emphasis on more socially relevant and political concerns. As time passed, Cannon and Ball's popularity began to decline, though they were not the only comedy act to suffer as comic tastes shifted. During the 1980s, Greg Dyke, the"
"Knights"". Location shooting for the Coney Island scenes cost a reported $150,000. Speedy (film) Speedy is a 1928 American silent comedy film starring comedian Harold Lloyd in the eponymous leading role. It was Lloyd's last silent film to be released theatrically. The film was written by Albert DeMond (titles), John Grey (story), J.A. Howe (story), Lex Neal (story) and Howard Emmett Rogers (story) with uncredited assistance from Al Boasberg and Paul Gerard Smith. The film was directed by Ted Wilde, the last silent film to be directed by him, and was shot in both Hollywood, and on location in New"
"break the door down. She thinks it is the robbers. Meanwhile, a smokey car brings the police (the Keystone Cops). After misunderstandings are resolved they find a new-born calf in the barn. The Bangville Police The Bangville Police (also known as Bangville Police) is a 1913 comedy short starring Fred Mace, Mabel Normand and the Keystone Cops (Mace, Raymond Hatton, Edgar Kennedy, Ford Sterling, and Al St. John). The film, notable for being regarded as the seminal Keystone Cops short, was directed by Henry Lehrman. A farmer and his daughter (Mabel Normand) are in the barn. She is saying she"
"Honest (film) Honest is a black comedy crime film released in 2000. The film was the directorial debut of ex-Eurythmics member Dave Stewart and starred Peter Facinelli and three members of the British/Canadian girl group All Saints: Melanie Blatt and sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton. ""Honest"" has been called one of the worst films of all time. The plot follows the antics of three gun-toting, streetwise, saucy sisters in Swinging London in the late 1960s. The film is most notable for the topless scenes by the Appleton sisters. Blatt and the Appletons also contributed to three songs on the film's"
"like Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle. The Keystone Cops served as supporting players for Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, and Chaplin in the first full-length Sennett comedy feature, ""Tillie's Punctured Romance"" (1914), as well as in ""Mabel's New Hero"" (1913) with Normand and Arbuckle; ""Making a Living"" (1914) with Chaplin in his first screen appearance (pre-Tramp); ""In the Clutches of the Gang"" (1914) with Normand, Arbuckle, and Al St. John; and ""Wished on Mabel"" (1915) with Arbuckle and Normand, among others. Comedian/actors Chester Conklin, Jimmy Finlayson, Ford Sterlingand director Del Lord were also Keystone Cops. In 2010, the previously lost short"
"enjoyed success with the release of ""Blazing Saddles"" and ""Young Frankenstein"" in 1974, both being parody films spoofing entire genres. He followed this success with ""Silent Movie"", an affectionate parody of the slapstick films of the silent film era. The film feels like a throwback to this earlier era, despite using color and other up to date techniques. As a film about filmmaking, ""Silent Movie"" also parodies ""Hollywood deal-making"". Co-writer Ron Clark was previously the producer of ""The Tim Conway Comedy Hour"" (1970), while Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson were writers for ""The Carol Burnett Show"" (1967–1978). Unsurprisingly the"
"The False Faces The False Faces is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat from the novel by Louis Joseph Vance and starring Henry B. Walthall as Michael Lanyard, the ""Lone Wolf,"" and Lon Chaney as the villain. A print of the film survives at George Eastman House. Lon Chaney's energetic performance remains an early example of his celebrated work. During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf (Henry B. Walthall) is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters. However,"
"his own silent film career, the only time he had been in a chase in the Keystone style was in ""The Rough House"", by Roscoe Arbuckle. His own police chase scenes, such as in ""The Goat"" (1921) and ""Cops"" (1922), were highly realistic. ""Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops"" (1955) included a lengthy chase scene, showcasing a group of stuntmen dressed as Sennett's squad. (Two original Keystone Cops in this movie were Heinie Conklin as an elderly studio guard; and Hank Mann as a prop man. Sennett also starred in a cameo role-as himself.) Mel Brooks directed a car"
"the box office in Scotland, but commercially failed in other markets. Restless Natives Restless Natives is a 1985 Scottish cinema adventure comedy, directed by Michael Hoffman. The story follows the adventures of two Scottish youths from the Wester Hailes district of Edinburgh, played by Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney, who, in rebellion to their drab lives in urban Scotland in the mid-1980's become modern highwaymen. Donning masks of a clown and a wolf-man and riding a Honda CG125 motorbike, for a joke they waylay and hold up with a toy gun tourist coaches in the Highlands, in the process becoming"
"Silent Raiders Silent Raiders is a 1954 low budget American war film directed, starring and co-produced by Richard Bartlett. It was the first film of the L&B Production Company, consisting of Earle Lyon and Richard Bartlett. Prior to the Dieppe Raid, seven US Army Rangers come ashore. Their mission is to destroy a German communications centre that controls the coastal guns that threaten the Canadian amphibious assault. Richard Bartlett ... Sgt. Jack <br> Earle Lyon ... Sgt. Malloy <br> Jeanette Bordeaux ... French Girl <br> Earl Hansen ... Pepe <br> Robert Knapp ... Lt. Finch <br> Dean Fredericks ... Chief"
"""Racket Girls"" (aka ""Pin Down Girls"" (1951)) and ""Dance Hall Racket"" (1954) with inconoclastic comedian Lenny Bruce in his only film role. These films were largely an excuse for showcasing ""cat fight"" female-wrestling footage. In ""Girl Gang"" (1954), Farrell plays another degenerate drug dealer in a film noteworthy for showing the step-by-step process of preparing and injecting heroin. (Weiss did not shy away from taboo subjects in any of his films.) As did Ed Wood, Weiss also cobbled together footage from other sources and created a flimsy plot as a framing device. From his collection of erotic burlesque films he"