At Coney Island Explained

At Coney Island
Director:Mack Sennett
Producer:Mack Sennett
Starring:Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand
Ford Sterling
Cinematography:Arthur C. Miller
Studio:Keystone Studios
Distributor:Mutual Film
Runtime:1/2 reel
Country:United States
Language:Silent
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At Coney Island, also known as Cohen at Coney Island, is a 1912 American short silent comedy starring Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, and Ford Sterling. Sennett also directed and produced the film. Sennett claimed this was the first Keystone Studios production, shot on location at Coney Island on July 4, 1912.[1] It was the eleventh Keystone film released,[2] on a split-reel with A Grocery Clerk's Romance.[3]

There is one known surviving print,[2] and the short has been screened in 2007[2] and 2012.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Walker, Brent E. . Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel . February 21, 2016 . April 25, 2013 . McFarland . 9780786477111 . 270.
  2. Weissberg . Jay . 2007 . Explaining Mabelescence: The 3rd Amsterdam Filmmuseum Biennale . . 44 .
  3. Web site: At Coney Island . silentera.com . February 21, 2016.
  4. News: Classic Hollywood: A silent revolution in 'Films of 1912' . Susan King . . December 9, 2012 .