Charles Arling | |
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 Arling in 1919 | |
| Born | Charles F. Parr 22 August 1875 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 21 April 1922 (aged 46) |
| Years active | 1909–1922 |
| Spouse | Anna |
| Children | 1 |
Charles Arling (22 August 1875 – 21 April 1922) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. [1] He appeared in more than 100 films between 1909 and 1922. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and died on 21 April 1922 from pneumonia at the age of 46 in Los Angeles. [2]
Keystone Studios was an early film studio founded in Edendale, California on July 4, 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from actor-writer Adam Kessel (1866–1946) and Charles O. Baumann (1874–1931), owners of the New York Motion Picture Company. The company, referred to at its office as The Keystone Film Company, filmed in and around Glendale and Silver Lake, Los Angeles for several years, and its films were distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation between 1912 and 1915. The Keystone film brand declined rapidly after Sennett went independent in 1917.
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