“Now I know this is all new to ya, but remember something, we’re all new. This is not an ancient industry. This whole place here is built around speed. Start the story, start the chase. I get bored easy,” Mack Sennett said as he walked around an editing room in 1915.

“How much you reckon Mack? Couple yards of Mabel?” Roland Totheroh asked, referring to a few seconds of film with film star Mabel Normand tied to a train track that could be spliced into the reel to replace a few seconds of the ruined scene that was filmed earlier.

“Hmm, yeah. Nah, make it three,” Mack responded. Turning back to a young Charlie Chaplin, Mack elaborated on his earlier statement, “But don’t go thinking we sacrifice quality. I never make more than two motion pictures a week, but I’ll spend up to a thousand dollars on each of ‘em if I have to.”