…He became a comedic actor under D.W. Griffith and wrote the screenplay for The Lonely Villa (1909), which was directed by Griffith. In 1912, he was appointed head of the comedy division of Keystone, a film company newly established by Adam Kessel and Charles Bowman, and launched the era of Keystone comedies, featuring group slapstick acts such as pie throwing, Keystone cops, and bathing suit beauties, with such eccentric actors as Ford Sterling, Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mack Swain, and Charles Murray. He also directed early on, but later took charge as a producer and supervisor, and in 1914 he invited Chaplin from the stage and helped him launch his career as a big star. … From Charlie Chaplin…At the age of 17, he joined a popular comedy troupe in England, where he learned all the basic skills and styles that would later support his success as a comedian, including dancing, singing, clowning, impersonation, and pantomime. In 1912, while touring the United States, he was noticed by Mack Sennett, a pioneer of the emerging American comedy film, and in 1913 he joined Keystone and made his debut in The Battle for the Successful Man (1914). He later appeared in many films for Keystone, Essanay, and Mutual, most of which he also directed. He created his own unique personality through his unique costumes and acting, including a moustache, bowler hat, baggy trousers, and cane (his costume for the "Vagabond Gentleman" is said to be a tramp-like adaptation of the style of French comedian Max Randel), and he became popular not only in the United States but around the world. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Keystone Company" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…D.W.グリフィスの下で喜劇俳優となり,また同監督の《The Lonely Villa》(1909)の脚本を書いたりした。12年,アダム・ケッセルとチャールズ・ボーマンが新設したキーストンという映画会社のコメディ部門の主宰者として起用され,フォード・スターリング,メーベル・ノーマンド,フレッド・メース,ロスコー・アーバックル,マック・スウェイン,チャールズ・マーレーらの珍優陣による〈パイ投げ〉〈キーストン・コップス(警官隊)〉〈水着美人〉等々を駆使した集団スラプスティックが売りものの,いわゆるキーストン・コメディの時代をひらく。初期には監督もしたが,やがて製作,監修の立場で指揮をとり,14年には舞台からチャップリンを呼び,大スターとしてのスタートを切らせた。… 【チャップリン】より…17歳のときイギリスで人気を集めていた喜劇一座の劇団員となり,踊り,歌,道化,ものまね,パントマイムその他,のちの喜劇俳優としての成功を支えることになる基本的な技術とスタイルをすべて身につけた。 1912年,アメリカ巡業中に,勃興期にあったアメリカの喜劇映画のパイオニアであったマック・セネットに認められて,13年にキーストン社に入り,《成功争い》(1914)に初出演した。のち,キーストン,エッサネイ,ミューチュアル各社で数多くの作品に出演したが,そのほとんどで監督を兼ね,ちょびひげ,山高帽,だぶだぶのズボン,ステッキという独特の扮装と演技で個性をつくりあげ(この〈放浪紳士〉の扮装はフランスの喜劇人マックス・ランデルのスタイルを浮浪者風にアレンジしたものといわれる),アメリカばかりでなく世界中で人気を得た。… ※「キーストン[会社]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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