ProfLidenbrock says:
The 1st biography of him was written in 1934, entitled Father Goose. In 1950 he allegedly wrote a semi biographical script for the unfinished film, Keystone Girl, to have starred Betty Hutton. In 1984 Peter Lovesey wrote the novel, Keystone, with Sennett (obviously) a major character. The novel, A Two Reel Murder starring Mabel Normand & Mack Sennett, was written in 2012 by Larry Names.
ProfLidenbrock says:
The Keystone Cops are still popular today! They were heavily featured when 8mm home movies were available in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Collections were released on VHS then DVD. There were bobble heads and coin tokens with their likeness. In a Vancouver police museum there is a replica of their patrol wagon.
ProfLidenbrock says:
Did Mack Sennett have any association with literature? He acted in the film adaption of Helen Jackson's classic novel, Ramona. Many actors & cartoon characters did one shot parodies of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, but Sennett acted in 11 of them! He produced a comic adaption of E.W. Hornung's famous character Raffles. And Mrs. Henry Wood's very popular work of fiction, East Lynne, was reworked by Sennet as well.
ProfLidenbrock says:
He of course started with the most famous name in film at the time, D.W. Griffith. He then associated himself with Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Harold Lloyd, Carole Lombard, Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby among others. Perhaps to promote his 1949 film, Down Memory Lane, who's radio show did he choose to go on? Lawrence Welk, of course. Could he have predicted that Mr. Welk would still be on TV today? Speaking of music, did you know that the famous song, Wrap your Troubles in Dreams, made it's debut in Sennett's 1931 film, One More Chance?
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