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The Villain

Synopsis

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.

Comedy

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Details

Title:
The Villain

Latest releases:
July 14, 1917

Decade:
Years 1910

Country of origin:
United States of America

Duration
21mn

Genres
Comedy

Actors
Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Florence McLaughlin, Bud Ross

Source:
Public Domain via Wikipedia (Internet Archive)
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