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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.
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Filmography of Keystone Studios (221 films)

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Production

The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder (1914)
, 14minutes
Directed by George Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy, Alice Davenport, Gordon Griffith, Harry McCoy

Chaplin is the favorite of his landlady, and the other boarders are jealous.
The Face on the Barroom Floor
The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914)
, 14minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Schade, Cecile Arnold, Chester Conklin, Harry McCoy, Vivian Edwards

A painter turned tramp (Charlie Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy man, finds himself drunk and getting drunker by the minute with some sailors at a bar until he collapses. He keeps futilely trying to draw the woman's picture on the floor with a piece of chalk until he finally passes out cold (or perhaps dies, as in the poem) at the end of the film.
The New Janitor
The New Janitor (1914)
, 16minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, John T. Dillon, Fritz Schade, Al St. John, Jess Dandy, John T. Dillon

The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company. He is caught in the act of raiding the vault by the bank secretary (Carruthers) who rings the downstairs for help. Chaplin comes to the rescue only to be misjudged by the Chief Banker as the thief. The Secretary fingers the manager and Charlie receives a just reward and a handshake for foiling the robbery.
Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles (1914)
, 12minutes
Directed by Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Dance films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Sadie Lampe

Dans une salle de danse, un imposant clarinettiste est furieux de voir sa belle courtisée par un autre musicien et lui demande des explications. Charlot observe de loin et se garde bien de s'en mêler mais lorsque les deux musiciens repartent jouer dans l'orchestre, il en profite pour faire sa cour à la belle…
His Musical Career
His Musical Career (1914)
, 16minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Musical films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charley Chase, Fritz Schade, Frank Hayes, Cecile Arnold

Charlie and his partner Mike work at a piano store, whose manager orders them to deliver a piano to Mr. Rich at 666 Prospect Street and repossess one from Mr. Poor at 999 Prospect Street. Hilarity ensues when they do exactly the opposite after mixing up the addresses of their customers.
Laughing Gas
Laughing Gas (1914)
, 16minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Schade, Mack Swain, Alice Howell, Slim Summerville, Josef Swickard

We are told Charlie is a dental assistant. He arrives at work where the patients are already waiting. He joins the tiny second dental assistant in the back room. They have a brief squabble then Charlie goes to the waiting room to clean the floor with a carpet sweeper. He bumps into a patient and a further squabble starts. Then back to the rear room for more squabbling.
His Favorite Pastime
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
, 16minutes
Directed by George Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, Viola Barry, Edgar Kennedy, Peggy Pearce, Frank Opperman

Charlie gets drunk in the bar. He steps outside, meets a pretty woman, tries to flirt with her, only to retreat after the woman's father returns. Returning to the bar, Charlie drinks some more and engages in rogue behaviors with others. He finally leaves the bar, sees the woman leaving, follows the woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself, eventually getting kicked out of the house.