The Villain
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.
Top Billed Cast
Billy West
The Villain
Oliver Hardy
Nell
Florence McLaughlin
Florence
Bud Ross
Nell's Sweetheart
Ethelyn Gibson
Unknown role
Featured Crew
Arvid E. Gillstrom
Director
Louis Burstein
Producer
Ben H. Cohen
Editor
Herman Obrock Jr.
Director of Photography
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