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Monday, January 5th, 2015

Annual Meeting Jan 17th: Mack Sennett Festival

Sennett Event

There are big changes in store for Animation Resources in 2015, and our Annual Meeting on January 17th is where it all starts! Join us and bring your friends for the celebration and FREE SCREENING of newly restored classic comedies from Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios in HD!

  • ANNUAL MEETING / MACK SENNETT PROGRAM
    Saturday January 17th, 2015 7:00 pm
    Animation Resources Screening Room
    Pacoima, CA
    Link to Facebook Event Page

Sennett Event
Sennett Event
Sennett Event

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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 a staggering number of silent screen luminaries including Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, Harry Langdon, Marie Dressler, Ben Turpin, The Keystone Cops, Ford Sterling, Charley Chase, Al St. John, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Bevan, Louise Fazenda, Eddie Quillan, and countless others. Even Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin, still the world’s most recognized actor, introduced his beloved Tramp character under the auspices of Keystone. Later, under the Mack Sennett Comedies banner, Sennett went on to produce a new generation of sound comedies, some in early color, featuring the likes of W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby, Lloyd Hamilton, Andy Clyde, and more.

Sennett Event
Sennett Event
Sennett Event

RSVP INFORMATION

This very special event will be held at 7:00pm on January 17th. Our screening room is located in Pacoima, CA. The Animation Creative League events are by invitation only. There is no charge for this event, but you are encouraged to contribute snacks and drinks.

To request an invite, please email YOUR NAME, YOUR PHONE NUMBER and THE NUMBER OF GUESTS to Taber Dunnipace at…

tdunipace@animationresources.org

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, YOU MUST RSVP BY EMAIL. FACEBOOK RSVPs ARE NOT VALID.

Sennett Event
Sennett Event
Sennett Event

If you can bring refreshments, please do. Confirmations will go out well in advance of the screening. Space is limited. Please do not RSVP unless you plan to attend, and make sure you let us know if you can’t make it so we can offer your seat to another person. See you at the screening!

Sennett Event
Sennett Event

About Animation Creative League

Creative League Facebook Page

Annual Meeting / Sennett Festival Event Page
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Monday, December 15th, 2014

KCET Artbound on Animation Resources

Artbound

KCET ARTBOUND: Animation Resources Aims To Build A Massive Digital Archive Of Cartoon Art

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Bakshi on Truth

Ralph Bakshi<

All directors and writers lie. They make movies about lying. They try to tame the masses. They write about what they think will make money. They are writing to entertain people in theaters. They are not writing about what they really feel. I never thought in those terms. I just wanted to write about what I thought was right. Pandering to an audience never entered my mind. I was not sitting there thinking about who is sitting in the theaters watching my picture. My whole attitude has been, “I hope you like my picture. I really want you to like my picture. But, if you don’t, I don’t give a shit.” I did lie to the motion picture companies about what the pictures were about. I told the studios that Heavy Traffic would be another Fritz the Cat. My sell for the movie companies was nothing like the end result. I didn’t mind if I didn’t tell the truth to the motion picture companies. – Ralph Bakshi

Bakshi in the Brooklyn Rail

Happy Birthday, Ralph!

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