Silent comedy films produced by Mack Sennett at Keystone. Mack Sennett was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime, he was known as 'the King of Comedy.' Born Michael Sinnott in Richmond, Quebec, Canada, Sennett was a son of Irish immigrants. His father was a blacksmith in the small Eastern Townships village. Sennett became a singer, dancer, clown, actor, set designer and director for Biograph, and founded Keystone Studios in...

The swashbuckling poet François Villon battles to save his country from the devious Duke of Burgundy.

A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.

"The Keystone Film Company, under the guidance of pioneering producer and director Mack Sennett, was the birthplace of classic American slapstick comedy. This historic studio was at one time home to nearly every major silent screen comedian! Now, for the first time, thanks to FlickerAlley, CineMuseum, and Keystone FIlms, 50 of the best surviving Sennett comedies have been gathered from around the world to be fully restored and digitally remastered...