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The Villain (1917)
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.
Updated May 27 2020
Cast
Oliver Hardy
Nell
Bud Ross
Nell's Sweetheart
Billy West
The Villain
Ethelyn Gibson
Unknown role
Joe Cohen
Unknown role
Florence McLaughlin
Florence
Crew
Arvid E. Gillstrom
Director
Herman Obrock Jr.
Cinematography
Louis Burstein
Producer
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