The Story of the Movies
"It’s perhaps appropriate that confusion reigns over the debut appearance of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Kops, madcap enforcers of the law"
In 1913, critics considered Lois Weber the equal of D. W. griffith, both in talent and influence.
On 22nd June 1913, a small part of Hollywood descended on the Welsh town of Chepstow...
Films featuring lurid tales of unscrupulous white slavers luring innocent middle-class white girls into prostitution inflamed impressionable audiences...