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The Villain (1917)

ALL 07/14/1917 (en) Comedy 21 Min
  • Release
    07/14/1917
  • Production
    King Bee Studios
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    The Villain
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

In The Villain, Billy attempted something a little different. He's still imitating Chaplin, but this time he's playing the wicked, top-hatted Charlie found in some of his earliest Keystone appearances (e.g. Mabel at the Wheel), the ones where Charlie himself seemed to be imitating the studio's recently departed Ford Sterling. Throughout this short there is much spoofing of old-time melodramas, a frequent motif of Sterling's comedies.

  2. Story

  3. Ben H. Cohen

    Editor

  4. Louis Burstein

    Producer



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  1. Billy West

    The Villain

  2. Oliver Hardy

    Nell

  3. Florence McLaughlin

    Florence

  4. Bud Ross

    Nell's Sweetheart

  5. Ethelyn Gibson

    Unknown role

  6. Leo White

    Unknown role

  7. Joe Cohen

    Unknown role

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 7 , Crews : 4

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The Villain (1917) 21 Min

ALL 07/14/1917 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 07/14/1917
  • Production
    King Bee Studios
  • Original title The Villain
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In The Villain, Billy attempted something a little different. He's still imitating Chaplin, but this time he's playing the wicked, top-hatted Charlie found in some of his earliest Keystone appearances (e.g. Mabel at the Wheel), the ones where Charlie himself seemed to be imitating the studio's recently departed Ford Sterling. Throughout this short there is much spoofing of old-time melodramas, a frequent motif of Sterling's comedies.

  1. Arvid E. Gillstrom

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ben H. Cohen

    Editor

  4. Louis Burstein

    Producer



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