MACK SENNETT / SOL LESSER. Signatures of two film pioneers. Distribution rights for Yankee Doodle in Berlin. A rare insight into early film business arrangements. Such documents seldom appear for sale. 1 page, 8 1/2″ x 13 1/2″, on paper watermarked “Strathmore Quality”. San Francisco, March 6, 1919. Imprint of attorneys Jacob Samuels, Oscar Samuels, Attorneys-At-Law. San Francisco in the lower left corner. Signed in black fountain pen ink. “Mack Sennett” and “Sol Lesser”. Yankee Doodle in Berlin, released in 1919 from Mack Sennett. Comedies, 5 reels, supervised by Mack Sennett, directed by Richard. Jones, starring Bothwell Browne, Ben Turpin, Marie Prevost and. Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott) was American film actor, director. Producer and studio head, known as the King of Comedy. Countless slapstick shorts featuring the Keystone Kops in the twenties; won. A special Academy Award in 1937. Sol Lesser was an American pioneer exhibitor during the silent era, later a producer. Credits include Oliver Twist (1922), O ur Town (1940), Stage Door Canteen (1943). But best known for his many Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller. Mack Sennett, born: 1880, Richmond, Quebec, Canada; died: 1960, Woodland Hills, California. Sol Lesser, born: 1890, Spokane, Washington; died: 1980, Hollywood, California. George Houle Houle Rare Books & Autographs Palm Springs, California. PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN. We Guarantee Authenticity Of All Signed Items! We Are Members of ABAA and PADA.
