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Foundation date 1 january 1912
Keystone Studios was an early movie studio founded in Edendale, California (which is now a part of Echo Park) on July 4, 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett (1880-1960) with backing from actor-writer Adam Kessel (1866-1946) and Charles O. Baumann (1874-1931), owners of the New York Motion Picture Company (founded 1909). The company filmed in and around Glendale and Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California for several years, and its films were distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation between 1912 and 1915.
The original main building, the first totally enclosed film stage and studio in history, is still standing. It is located at 1712 Glendale Blvd in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
Filmography of Keystone Studios (221 films)
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A Film Johnnie (1914)
, 11minutesDirected by George Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, Virginia Kirtley, Mabel Normand, Peggy Pearce, Ford Sterling
Charlie goes to the movies and falls in love with a girl on the screen. He goes to Keystone Studios to find her. He disrupts the shooting of a film, and a fire breaks out. Charlie is blamed, gets squirted with a firehose, and is shoved by the female star.
The Masquerader (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Charles Murray, Ben Turpin, Fritz Schade
The Masquerader is a comedy short film, that is about making films at Keystone. Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. The next day a strange beautiful woman appears to audition for the film, it's Charlie in drag. After doing a perfect impersonation of a female, Charlie has drawn the attention of the director and is hired to act in his films. The director gives the beautiful woman the mens dressing room to change in and to Charlie's mistake he returns to his tramp costume. When the director returns, looking for the woman, he finds Charlie and that he has been tricked. Angry, the director chases Charlie through the studio until Charlie decides to jump into what he thinks is a prop well. The film ends with the director and other actors laughing at Charlie as he is trapped in the bottom of the well. The plot involving a man dressing up as a woman is quite popular in old silent movies.
A Thief Catcher (1914)
, 5minutesDirected by Ford Sterling, Henry Lehrman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Ford Sterling, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, William Hauber, Charlie Chaplin, George Jeske
John est témoin d'un vol de bijoux. Les bandits s'en aperçoivent et se mettent à sa poursuite.
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
, 11minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Henry Lehrman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Alice Davenport, Harry McCoy, Hank Mann
In a hotel lobby a heavily drunk tramp runs into an elegant lady, Mabel, who gets tied up in her dog's leash, and falls down. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room. They run through various rooms. Mabel ends up in the room of an elderly husband where she hides under the bed. Enter the jealous wife, who soon attacks Mabel, her husband, and Mabel's lover, not to mention the staggeringly drunken tramp.
Her Friend the Bandit (1914)
, 11minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Charles Murray, Glen Cavender, William Hauber
Le Flirt de Mabel (Her Friend The Bandit) est une comédie burlesque américaine de Mabel Normand et Charlie Chaplin sortie le 4 juin 1914. C'est le seul film perdu avec Charlie Chaplin.
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
, 18minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Auto racing films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Mack Sennett
Charlie offers Mabel a ride on his two-seater motorcycle, which she accepts in preference to his rival's racing car. Unfortunately as they go over a bump, she falls off into a puddle. The rival, who has followed in his car, picks up the now stranded Mabel. He lets her drive, sitting tight beside her.
A Busy Day (1914)
, 6minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen, Mack Sennett, Billy Gilbert, Billy Gilbert
In A Busy Day, a wife (played by an energetic Charlie Chaplin) becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman during a military parade. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director and a police officer. Finally, the husband pushes the wife off of a pier and she falls into the harbor.
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
, 18minutesDirected by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Mack Swain, Gordon Griffith
Three men will fight for the love of a charming girl. Charlie (in famous tramp guise) and one other suitor (unusually played by Mack Sennett himself) teams up against the third, and play dirty, throwing bricks and using a mallet. However, Charlie double-crosses his partner, thus losing his trust and the girl in the end.
Fatty Again (1914)
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Ricca Allen, Minta Durfee, Charles Murray, Phyllis Allen, Wallace MacDonald
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
, 14minutesDirected by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Alice Davenport, Charles Avery
Mack est amoureux de Mabel, la jeune cuisinière au service de sa mère, mais cette dernière désapprouve cette liaison. Elle lui présente alors une séduisante jeune fille venue de la ville. La confrontation entre les deux rivales se passe très mal et Mabel est mise à la porte. Le grand nigaud de Mack se rend compte trop tard de son mauvais choix mais Mabel est déjà loin en train de chercher un nouvel emploi.
, 13minutesDirected by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Raymond Hatton, Hank Mann, Helen Holmes
Barney Oldfield races a speeding locomotive to rescue a damsel in distress tied up on the tracks by evil villain Ford Sterling.