Mack Swain

Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis Mack Swain (lahir Moroni Swain, 16 Februari 1876 – 25 Agustus 1935) adalah seorang aktor film Amerika awal, yang muncul di banyak komedi Mack Sennett di Keystone Studios, termasuk serial Keystone Cops. Dia juga muncul dalam fitur-fitur utama oleh Charlie Chaplin. Pada awal tahun 1900-an Swain memiliki perusahaan teater sahamnya sendiri, yang tampil di Amerika Serikat bagian barat dan barat tengah. Swain bekerja di vaudeville sebelum memulai film bisu di Keystone Studios di bawah Mack Sennett. Saat bersama Keystone, ia bekerja sama dengan Chester Conklin untuk membuat serangkaian film komedi. Dengan Swain sebagai "Ambrose" dan Conklin sebagai "Walrus" berkumis besar, mereka memainkan peran ini dalam beberapa film termasuk The Battle of Ambrose dan Walrus dan Love, Speed and Thrills, keduanya dibuat pada tahun 1915. Selain komedi-komedi ini, keduanya muncul bersama-sama dalam berbagai film lainnya, 26 semuanya diceritakan, dan mereka juga muncul secara terpisah dan/atau bersama-sama dalam film-film yang dibintangi oleh Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle dan sebagian besar pemain Keystone lainnya. Swain kemudian membawa karakter Ambrose-nya ke L-KO Kompany. Setelah bekerja dengan Charles Chaplin di Keystone, Swain mulai bekerja dengannya lagi di First National pada tahun 1921, muncul di The Idle Class, Pay Day, dan The Pilgrim. Ia juga dikenang karena peran pendukungnya yang besar sebagai Big Jim McKay dalam film The Gold Rush tahun 1925, untuk United Artists, yang ditulis dan dibintangi oleh Chaplin. Atas kontribusinya pada industri film, Mack Swain menerima bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame, di 1500 Vine Street.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mack Swain (born Moroni Swain, February 16, 1876 – August 25, 1935) was an early American film actor, who appeared in many of Mack Sennett's comedies at Keystone Studios, including the Keystone Cops series. He also appeared in major features by Charlie Chaplin. In the early 1900s Swain had his own stock theater company, which performed in the western and midwestern United States. Swain worked in vaudeville before starting in silent film at Keystone Studios under Mack Sennett. While with Keystone, he was teamed with Chester Conklin to make a series of comedy films. With Swain as "Ambrose" and Conklin as the grand mustachioed "Walrus", they performed these roles in several films including The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus and Love, Speed and Thrills, both made in 1915. Besides these comedies, the two appeared together in a variety of other films, 26 all told, and they also appeared separately and/or together in films starring Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle and most of the rest of the roster of Keystone players. Swain later took his Ambrose character with him to the L-KO Kompany. Having already worked with Charles Chaplin at Keystone, Swain began working with him again at First National in 1921, appearing in The Idle Class, Pay Day, and The Pilgrim. He is also remembered for his large supporting role as Big Jim McKay in the 1925 film The Gold Rush, for United Artists, written by and starring Chaplin. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Mack Swain received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street.