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.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Florence McLaughlin, Bud Ross, Ethelyn Gibson, Leo White
Crew: Arvid E. Gillstrom (Director), Louis Burstein (Producer), Ben H. Cohen (Editor), Herman Obrock Jr. (Director of Photography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: King Bee Studios
Runtime: 21 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 14, 1917
IMDb: 5.5
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