
The Villain (1917)
5.5
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Jul 14, 1917 (US)
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Comedy
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00:21
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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Billy West
The Villain

Oliver Hardy
Nell

Florence McLaughlin
Florence

Bud Ross
Nell's Sweetheart

Ethelyn Gibson
Unknown role

Leo White
Unknown role

Joe Cohen
Unknown role