''At Coney Island'', also known as ''Cohen at Coney Island'', is a 1912 American short silent comedy starring
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
,
Mabel Normand
Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...
, and
Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling (born George Ford Stich Jr.; November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939) was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4', he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.
Biography
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. Sennett also directed and produced the film. According to the book ''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'', Sennett claimed this was the first
Keystone Studios
Keystone Studios was an early film 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 with backing from actor-writer Adam Kessel (1866–1946) and Charle ...
production, shot on location at
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach to its east, L ...
on July 4, 1912.
It was the eleventh Keystone film released,
on a split-reel with ''A Grocery Clerk's Romance''.
There is one known surviving print,
and the short has been screened in 2007
and 2012.
Cast
* Mack Sennett as The Boy
* Mabel Normand as The Girl
* Ford Sterling as The Married Flirt
*
Gus Pixley
Gus Pixley (1864 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the silent era. He appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Stanl ...
as The Other Rival
References
External links
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At Coney Island on Youtube'
1912 comedy films
1912 films
1912 short films
American black-and-white films
Silent American comedy films
American silent short films
Films directed by Mack Sennett
Films set in New York City
Films shot in New York City
Keystone Studios films
American comedy short films
1910s American films
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