The Villain Trailer (1917)

14 July 1917 Comedy 21 mins

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.

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Cast

Billy West as The Villain

Oliver Hardy as Nell

Florence McLaughlin as Florence

Bud Ross as Nell's Sweetheart

Ethelyn Gibson as Unknown role

Leo White as Unknown role

Joe Cohen as Unknown role

Crew

Arvid E. Gillstrom Director

Louis Burstein Producer

Ben H. Cohen Editor

Herman Obrock Jr. Director of Photography

International Releases Dates

United States 14 July 1917

Production Companies

King Bee Studios

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