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""this volume will be especially useful for researchers. It belongs in any comprehensive film-studies collection...useful...exhaustive""--Booklist; ""The most thorough resource to date on Sennett and his wacky world of gags, speedy comic chases, and the inevitable abuse of human bodies and property. Recommended""--Choice; ""Brent E Walker has compiled and published an impressively detailed compendium comprising an exhaustive and chronologically presented filmography...a welcome and seminal addition that should be a core part of personal, academic, and community library American Film history reference collections.""--Midwest Book Review; ""a homeric achievement in scholarship, and undoubtedly the standard reference to a major career""--pbpulse.com; ""mammoth study that is not only the first and last word on Sennett's screen work, it is one of the most comprehensive and beautifully mounted film books that I have seen in nearly 50 years of movie geekdom. I can offer no greater praise than to state that anyone with even a remote interest in early cinema should own this book. For libraries and study centers it is essential. For comedy film buffs, it is indispensable. Mack Sennett's Fun Factory is what this reviewer would call a perfect book""--Rogue Cinema; ""massive tome...a gem and treasure trove of information...highly recommend...stands as a model of superior research and scholarly work""--Reference Reviews; ""this is no dry academic treatise: it is thorough, and offers more detail than a casual reader might care to know, but for someone who cares about Sennett and his work, it's manna from heaven. I can promise film buffs and comedy aficionados that it's worth every penny""--Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy; ""no tribute to the 'King of Comedy' is as fitting or as accomplished as Brent Walker's monument to the Fun Factory""--Literary Review of Canada; ""to describe this book as impressive is putting it mildly...a beautiful work of scholarship and a remarkable accomplishment...fascinating information. As a reference work and as a guide to a important slice of film history, this work has few equals""--Examiner.com; ""a major contribution to comedy film scholarship...is the essential book for all things Sennett""--Fielding's Review; ""grand, comprehensive...jam-packed...massive hardback study...many joyful surprises, load of hilarious anecdotes and even the occasional pie in the face""--Wimgo.com.

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Brent E. Walker is a web developer and designer who has contributed to numerous motion-picture publications, DVD commentaries, shows, and Turner Classic Movies. He lives in Long Beach, California.

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