so he was a studio boss, was he? i cannot remember now....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_film


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birth-of-a-nation-klan-and-black-man.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1915




but having clicked on an early film still ...of the klu klux klan....well that brought me to a link for a list of US movies in 1915

and then i remembered 'this one' as having been used as early childhood programming materials at the paris school:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_and_Fatty_Viewing_the_World%27s_Fair_at_San_Francisco

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco

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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Directed by	Roscoe Arbuckle Mabel Normand
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Starring	Roscoe Arbuckle Mabel Normand
Studio(s)	Keystone Film Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film Company
Release date(s)	April 22, 1915 (1915-04-22)
Running time	9 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco is a 1915 short comedy-documentary film both starring and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

Contents [hide] 1 Production background 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Production background

Producer Mack Sennett brought Arbuckle and Normand to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, also known as the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair. They turned the cameras around, using the Fair crowds as extras and the Fair itself as a free background. Arbuckle and Normand clowned around and interacted with the Fair's surprised attendees. The film ends with a nighttime view of the fair, including a scene with the "Captive Aeroplane", an early amusement ride.
Prints of the film exist in the Library of Congress film archive.^[1]

[edit] Cast

• Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Himself
• Mabel Normand as Herself
• Hank Mann
• James Rolph Jr. as Himself, Mayor of San Francisco (as Mayor Rolph)
• Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink as Herself
• Al St. John

[edit] See also

• Fatty Arbuckle filmography
• Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915)

[edit] References

1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MabelAndFattyViewingTh1915.html. Retrieved 2008-02-28.

[edit] External links

• Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco at the Internet Movie Database
• Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco at Film in America