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The Villain (1917)

Jul 14, 1917 Comedy 0h 21m
User Score
55%
2 votes
Internet Movie Database
60%

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.

Arvid E. Gillstrom
Director

Top Billed Cast

Billy West
Billy West

The Villain
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy

Nell
Florence McLaughlin
Florence McLaughlin

Florence
Bud Ross
Bud Ross

Nell's Sweetheart
Ethelyn Gibson
Ethelyn Gibson

Unknown role
Leo White
Leo White

Unknown role
Joe Cohen
Joe Cohen

Unknown role

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