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Mack Sennett ( born Michael Sinnott ; January 17 , 1880  November 5 , 1960 ) was a Canadian - born American director and ___MASK94___ and was known as an innovator of slapstick ___MASK8___ in film . During his lifetime he was known at times as the " King of ___MASK8___ ". His short " Wrestling Swordfish " was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1932 and he earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1937 . Black ___MASK8___ or dark ___MASK8___ is a ___MASK44___ style that makes light of subjects that are generally considered serious or taboo . Literary critics have associated black ___MASK8___ and black humor with authors as early as the ancient Greeks with Aristophanes . Black ___MASK8___ corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor . Sir Charles Spencer " Charlie " Chaplin , ( 16 April 1889  25 December 1977 ) was an ___MASK63___ ___MASK44___ actor , filmmaker , and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film . Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona " the Tramp " and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the ___MASK11___ . His career spanned more than 75 years , from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977 , and encompassed both adulation and controversy . ___MASK8___ is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor . These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement and most often work by exaggerating characteristics for humorous effect . Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black ___MASK8___ being an exception ). One of the oldest genres in film , some of the very first silent movies were comedies , as slapstick ___MASK8___ often relies on visual depictions , without requiring sound . When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s , ___MASK8___ films took another swing , as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue . The ___MASK11___ or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of ___MASK74___ , i . e ., film production companies , film studios , cinematography , film production , screenwriting , pre - production , post production , film festivals , distribution ; and actors , film directors and other film crew personnel . The Tramp (" Charlot " in several languages ), also known as The Little Tramp , was British ___MASK94___ ___MASK67___ ' s most memorable on - screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film . His New Job is a 1915 American short silent ___MASK8___ film written by , directed by , and starring ___MASK67___ . Gloria Swanson appears as an uncredited extra . The title is an inside reference to this being Chaplin ' s first film after leaving Keystone Studios for Essanay Studios . It was also the only film Chaplin shot at Essanay ' s Chicago studio . He found the facilities and climate ( His New Job was shot in mid - winter ) not to his liking , and Chaplin soon relocated back to California . A silent ___MASK57___ is a ___MASK57___ with no synchronized recorded sound , especially with no spoken dialogue . The silent ___MASK57___ era lasted from 1895 to 1936 . In silent films for entertainment , the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures , mime and title cards which contain a written indication of the plot or key dialogue . The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as ___MASK57___ itself , but because of the technical challenges involved , synchronized dialogue was only made practical in the late 1920s with the perfection of the Audion amplifier tube and the introduction of the Vitaphone system . During silent films , a pianist , theatre ___MASK40___ , or , in large cities , even a small orchestra would often play ___MASK92___ to accompany the films . Pianists and organists would either play from sheet ___MASK92___ or improvise ; an orchestra would play from sheet ___MASK92___ . A ___MASK57___ , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical ___MASK57___ or photoplay , is a series of still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process of ___MASK74___ is both an art and an industry . A ___MASK57___ is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques ; by means of CGI and computer animation ; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects . Keystone Studios was an early movie studio founded in Edendale , California ( which is now a part of Echo Park ) on ___MASK99___ 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 ___MASK96___ ( founded 1909 ). The ___MASK96___ 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 . Gloria May Josephine Swanson ( March 27 , 1899  April 4 , 1983 ) was an American actress and producer best known for her role as Norma Desmond , a reclusive silent ___MASK57___ ___MASK70___ , in the critically acclaimed 1950 ___MASK57___ " Sunset Boulevard ". The Essanay ___MASK57___ Manufacturing ___MASK96___ was an American motion picture studio . It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915 . The Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria ' s reign , from 20 June 1837 until her ___MASK91___ on 22 January 1901 . It was a long period of peace , prosperity , " refined sensibilities " and national self - confidence for the ___MASK5___ . Some scholars date the beginning of the period in terms of sensibilities and political concerns to the passage of the Reform Act 1832 .