Keystone comedies

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film series silent film slapstick comedy

Keystone comedies were a series of early 20th-century American silent film comedies produced by Keystone Studios, famous for their slapstick humor and for launching the career of Charlie Chaplin.

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Label	Occurrences
Keystone Cops comedies	1
Keystone comedies canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film series ⓘ silent film ⓘ slapstick comedy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	Mutual Film NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangle Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionFormat	theatrical short subject ⓘ
employedDirector	Henry Lehrman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Normand NERFINISHED ⓘ Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	late 1910s ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
filmedAt	Keystone Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat	black-and-white ⓘ
filmmakingPeriod	pre-World War I cinema ⓘ silent era ⓘ
genre	comedy film ⓘ slapstick ⓘ
hasPart	Keystone Cops films NERFINISHED ⓘ short comedy films ⓘ
influenced	Charlie Chaplin’s early film style ⓘ later Hollywood slapstick comedies ⓘ
language	Silent ⓘ
location	Edendale, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainMedium	film ⓘ
notableCastMember	Al St. John NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ Chester Conklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Normand NERFINISHED ⓘ Mack Swain NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscoe Arbuckle NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacterGroup	Keystone Cops NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	anarchic humor ⓘ fast-paced action ⓘ physical comedy ⓘ slapstick chase scenes ⓘ
partOf	American silent cinema ⓘ
producer	Mack Sennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Keystone Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionTechnique	improvised gags ⓘ location shooting ⓘ
startTime	1912 ⓘ
targetAudience	mass audience ⓘ
typicalRuntime	one reel ⓘ two reels ⓘ
typicalSetting	urban environments ⓘ

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Kid Auto Races at Venice → partOf → Keystone comedies ⓘ

Keystone Studios → notableFor → Keystone comedies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Keystone Cops comedies