The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-06
MACK SENNETT TALKS
ON KEYSTONE PLANS

Mack Sennett, manager of the Key
stone Film company, announced in a
recent interview that plans had been
virtually completed for the increase
of Keystone comedies, and that even
more money would be spent in the
future than had been in the past to
produce feature comedies of the high
est order. Mr.. Sennet, said H. E
Aitken, the president or the Triangle
Film corporation had met with him
self and Adam Kessel, Jr., the presi-
dent of the Keystone Film company,
and had entirely agreed with the plans
he had formulated for the coming
year.
I'VE believe in film preparedness"
Mr.. Sennett said, when asked if the
fact that three of the executives of the
Keystone company were in the city
had any especial meaning, land we
are only laying our plans to be ready
to meet coming conditions" Mr. Sen
nett was asked if these plans would
mean a cutting down in the present
cost of the features, and with che of
his characteristic, forceful answers,
gave a hint of what the company
founded by him was considering for
the coming year by no means" the
manager said, with a characteristic
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which, instead of meaning a smaller
expenditure of money, mean that we
will disburse many times more than
we have in the past"
"The styles change in comedy screen
productions just as gu I ly as they
change in women's millinery, for ex-
ample. We have always set the COM
edy fashions for the world, just as
Paris sets the millinery ones, and it
is only because we intend to continue
to do so that l asked Mr. Kessel and
Mr.. Aitken to take advantage of the
weather back east and meet me here
at this time.
"Our u producing companies will
be increased to Is just as soon as
possible. We will do this because the
stories I have in mind for summer
and fall production will mean a
greater outlay of money and will re-
ouire more actors than any we have
done in the past"
will the increase in the number Of
producing companies mean the Key
stone will release more comedies per
week than in the paste? Mr. Sennett
was asked.
mot necessarily" he replied AT
the present time we are releasing two
comedies a week. When you stop to
cOnSluer the time necessary TO pro-
duce a story, you will find the answer
to more companies needed"
Mr.. Sennett then spoke of the al
most impossible task of finding peo-
pie who could make up the personnel
of the three companies he wants to
add to the producing forces at the
first opportunity. He said his past ex-
perience had shown him it was not
practicable to engage either actors or
directors for new company, but that
new people could be added to the old
companies, while the directors had to
come from those who had been trained
in Keystone ways
Our comedy is different from any
other in the world" Mr.. Sennett said
1T is individual to such an extent that
the average director would be lost
when given a scenario to produce. His
first remark would be that the script
was a drama rather than a comedy,
and in a measure he would be correct
"Our stories have certain situations.
They have a thrill, or, rather, they
must have a thrill, while we have
comedians who can put in the com
edy. There are a number OF keystone